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Schools in Southend-on-Sea
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Westcliff High School for Girls (SEL) 98 98 1039.1 389.1
St Bernard's High School 77 67 1034.2 309.7
Eastwood School (11-18), The 67 35 1024.4 150.7
Westcliff High School for Boys (SEL) 98 97 1022.1 428.3
Southend High School for Girls (SEL) 99 96 1021.5 416.8
Southend High School for Boys (SEL) 98 98 1010.5 401.8
St Thomas More High School for Boys 77 48 999.4 322.8
Cecil Jones High School 46 28 982.3 209
Shoeburyness High School 33 24 969.8 178.6
Prittlewell Technology College 25 16 945.9 NA
Belfairs High School 24 12 940.2 150.9
Thorpe Bay School, The 14 7 921.5 NA
English secondary schools 2004

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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