Southend-on-Sea has 211 schools, nurseries, childminders and care settings with a published Ofsted grade. 94% were judged good or better at their latest inspection, against 93% across England. The most recent inspection here was on 9 Sept 2026. Source: Ofsted inspection reports (Open Government Licence v3).
By kind of setting
95% good or better · England 97%
100% good or better · England 94%
100% good or better · England 89%
75% good or better · England 81%
83% good or better · England 90%
- Independent schools2
50% good or better · England 74%
- Colleges and sixth forms1
100% good or better · England 94%
100% good or better · England 98%
71% good or better · England 82%
- Fostering agencies2
100% good or better · England 95%
Latest inspections in Southend-on-Sea
All latest reports- lowestExpected
- Leigh North Street Primary School9 Sept 2026 ·Community school· Southend-on-Sea· positive tone· Michael Williams, Ania Vaughan, Caroline Crozier +1lowestExpected
- Heycroft Primary School9 Sept 2026 ·Academy sponsor led· Southend-on-Sea· very positive tone· Ross Marks, Alice Early, Joseph FigglowestExpected
- Good
- lowestExpected
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- Monitoring visit
- Good
- RI to be good
211 settings counted: those with a published grade that aren’t known to have closed. Report cards count by their lowest area grade.