Secondary schools in Westcliff-on-Sea
5 secondary schools in Westcliff-on-Sea, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Westcliff-on-Sea in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 5 schools in Westcliff-on-Sea first 1,018 times for 903 places: 1.13 first choices per place, against 1.07 across the Southend-on-Sea authority's 12 schools. 4 of the 5 had more first choices than places. For 2025 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Chase High School, to 1.70 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Westcliff High School for Boys Academy
- Westcliff High School for Girls
- St Bernard's High School
- St Thomas More High School
- Chase High School
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