Southend High School for Girls

📍 Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 4UZ

About this school

Southend High School for Girls is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. The school has 1,253 pupils enrolled. It was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 2 July 2024. The Headteacher is Jason Carey. The school is administered by Southend-on-Sea local authority. It belongs to SOUTHEND HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ACADEMY TRUST. The school has girls-only admissions. It opened in 1 February 2011.

School details

Headteacher

Jason Carey

Trust

SOUTHEND HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ACADEMY TRUST

Local authority

Southend-on-Sea

Gender

Girls

URN

136444

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Southend High School for Girls are handled by the school or the local authority (Southend-on-Sea). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

Similar schools nearby

View all schools in Southend-on-Sea →

Jobs at this school

Browse live education vacancies at or near Southend High School for Girls.