Shoeburyness High School, Southend-on-Sea

From the headteacher's welcome: "Shoeburyness High School is an inclusive comprehensive academy in the heart of the community, part of the wider family of SECAT schools. Our seven-year curriculum offer is diverse, rich and delivered by dedicated, skilled and highly qualified practitioners to ensure every child has the best opportunities for success and happiness."

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 19 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Shoeburyness High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 55 in Southend-on-Sea and 47 across England.

33% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 59% in Southend-on-Sea and 47% in England.

That is up from 37.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.89: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 29.5, against 44.2 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 243 families put Shoeburyness High School as their first choice and 646 named it as one of their preferences, for 310 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Shoeburyness High School are Southchurch High School (1.3 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 44.5); Southend High School for Girls (1.5 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 74.7); Cecil Jones Academy (2.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 35.4); and St Bernard's High School (3.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.5).

Shoeburyness High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Shoeburyness High School is one of 6 schools run by Southend East Community Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 300 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 50% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 159 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 45% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 30% into work. 2% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

36.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 6.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (74%), Mixed (8%) and Black (6%).

Shoeburyness High School has a resourced provision for autism and moderate learning difficulties: 21 places, 6 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Thorpe Bay Rail Station, about 1100 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Shoebury High School (outside), 70 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 210 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Southend-on-Sea (318).

In 2024/25, Shoeburyness High School issued 907 suspensions, 51.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 7 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Shoeburyness High School are Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School (0.2 miles), Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery (0.2 miles), Hinguar Community Primary School (0.5 miles) and St George's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.