Academy converter · Secondary
Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0BS · Southend-on-Sea
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 136272
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
Academy converter · Westcliff-on-Sea · SS0 0BP
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,309
Local authority
Southend-on-Sea
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 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.
Boys academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, 1,309 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, selective admissions. Free school meals: 5.2%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 136272
Location
- Address
- Kenilworth Gardens
- Postcode
- SS0 0BP
- 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
- 1,309
- Boys / girls
- 1,222 / 87
- School capacity
- 1,300
- Capacity fill
- 1,309 / 1,300 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 5.2%
- FSM pupils
- 48
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Gender
- Boys
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: WESTCLIFF HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS LIMITED
- Academy trust
- WESTCLIFF HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS LIMITED
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Michael Skelly
- Telephone
- 01702475443
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
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-11-21
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 77.3
- Progress 8
- 0.9
- English & maths grade 5+
- 98%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 100%
- EBacc entry
- 96%
- EBacc APS
- 7.5