Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0RT · Southend-on-Sea
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenURN 144693
Lancaster School
Academy special converter · Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0RT
Age range
Ages 14–19
Pupils
138
Local authority
Southend-on-Sea
Age range
Ages 14–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy special converter, Ages 14–19, in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, 138 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, special school. Free school meals: 40%. SEN provision includes: PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 14–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 144693
Location
- Address
- Prittlewell Chase
- Postcode
- SS0 0RT
- Town
- Westcliff-on-Sea
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- District
- Southend-on-Sea
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 138
- Boys / girls
- 95 / 43
- School capacity
- 106
- Capacity fill
- 138 / 106 (130%)
- Free school meals
- 40%
- FSM pupils
- 16
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: SEN TRUST SOUTHEND
- Academy trust
- SEN TRUST SOUTHEND
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Tom Jackson-Owens
- Telephone
- 01702342543
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2026-06-02
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.