Hamstel Infant School and Nursery
Hamstel Infant School and Nursery is a converter academy in Southend-on-Sea for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 434 pupils, 44 more than it has places for. About 22 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.
Hamstel Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4PQ01702 468461hamstelinfants.co.ukMr Scott Roche headteacherAll details
Ofsted
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Results
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Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
About 60 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have fallen by 8% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.
The last child to get a place lived 0.8 miles away in 2026, 780 m away in 2025. Those cut-offs are for children living outside the catchment area; every child inside it got a place. Brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups are placed first. Type in your postcode to see how far away you are.
We measure in a straight line from the middle of your postcode to the school. The council measures its own way, and the cut-off changes every year. Use this as a rough guide, and read the council's admissions booklet before you apply.
How places were given out for September 2026. Every child in the catchment area who applied got a place. Outside the catchment, the last place went to a child living 0.8 miles away.
| Entry | Applied at all | Got a place | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | 219 | 120 | 0.8 miles (distance, outside the catchment area) | LA |
| 2025 Primary | 228 | – | 780 m | LA |
The distances are the council's own, usually measured in a straight line from home to the school gate. If the distance is getting shorter each year, the school is getting harder to get into. See which councils we have this data for.
What a home within 0.6 miles of the school costs
Every home sold within that distance of the school (the typical cut-off over the last three years), of any type, from HM Land Registry records. If homes here cost more than the district average, that is the price people pay to live close enough to get in.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Specialist SEND provision. SEN unit with 3 pupils, for autism.
To get a place in the unit or resourced provision, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school. Other schools in Southend-on-Sea with autism provision.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (28), Autistic spectrum disorder (24), emotional and mental health (13), Specific learning difficulty (10), Other difficulty or disability (4), Physical disability (3).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 434 | 470 | 423 | 462 | 488 | 522 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 20% | 22% | 25% | 27% | 27% | 29% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 13% | 13% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 16% | 20% | 18% | 12% | 13% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 5% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 5.9% | 5.5% | 5.9% | 6.8% | 3.9% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 4.3% | 4.4% | 4.6% | 5.5% | 3.2% | 3.6% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.6% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 16.7% | 17.5% | 17.7% | 23.9% | 9.0% | 13.5% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 2.8 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamstel Junior School | Academy | 0 m | 583 | Good 2024 | 30 | Compare |
| Temple Sutton Primary School | Academy | 910 m | 619 | Good 2023 | 30 | Compare |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 440 | Good 2024 | 47 | Compare |
| Bournemouth Park Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 534 | No overall grade 2025 | 34 | Compare |
| Greenways Primary School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 856 | No overall grade 2025 | 22 | Compare |
| Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery | Academy | 0.9 miles | 431 | Good 2024 | 15 | Compare |
| Bournes Green Junior School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 264 | Good 2023 | 86 | Compare |
| Bournes Green Infant School | Academy | 1.4 miles | 193 | Good 2023 | 66 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Hamstel Infant School and Nursery a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Hamstel Infant School and Nursery yet.
How many pupils does Hamstel Infant School and Nursery have?
434 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 390 places, so it is 111% full.
Is Hamstel Infant School and Nursery oversubscribed, and how far away can you live?
Yes. For September 2026 the last place went to a child living 0.8 miles away. Children in care, brothers and sisters of current pupils and other priority groups come before distance, so the cut-off moves every year.
What is attendance like at Hamstel Infant School and Nursery?
Pupils were in school 94.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 17% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Hamstel Infant School and Nursery?
The average class had 29.6 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 43% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
Does Hamstel Infant School and Nursery have specialist SEND provision?
Yes. It has sen unit for autism. To get a place there, a child normally needs an education, health and care plan (EHCP) that names the school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Hamstel Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 4PQ
- Telephone
- 01702 468461
- Website
- www.hamstelinfants.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Scott Roche
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Portico Academy Trust (5 schools)
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Ward
- Southchurch
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2016 (academy converter)
- URN
- 143340 · LAESTAB 8822093 · UKPRN 10057666
- Formerly
- Hamstel Infant School and Nursery
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Southend-on-Sea council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2025, 2026.
- House prices: HM Land Registry price paid data, December 2023 to December 2025, placed by postcode.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.