Southend YMCA Community School
Southend YMCA Community School is a free schools alternative provision in Southend-on-Sea for boys and girls aged 14 to 18. It has 31 pupils and room for 65. About 55 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
The Ticket House, 110 East Street, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH01702 987820Mr Lee Thorne headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 7 May 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Southend-on-Sea council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (14), Autistic spectrum disorder (7), language and communications needs (3), Other difficulty or disability (1), Specific learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 31 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 7 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 45% | 27% | 39% | 47% | 33% | 29% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 14% | 6% | 7% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 59% | 67% | 93% | 78% | 86% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 7 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers |
|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 71% | 50% |
| Education | 71% | 50% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 0% |
| Work | 0% | 0% |
| Not in education, work or training | 14% | 33% |
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 schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School | Church of England | 670 m | 611 | No overall grade 2025 | 14 | Compare |
| The Westborough School | Academy | 750 m | 443 | Good 2024 | 41 | Compare |
| Beis Chinuch Lebonos Westcliff | Independent | 830 m | 103 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Helen's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 880 m | 420 | Good 2023 | 67 | Compare |
| Sutton House Academy | Academy | 880 m | 82 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Victory Park Academy | Academy alternative provision sponsor led | 890 m | 58 | Good 2024 | – | Compare |
| Bournemouth Park Academy | Academy | 950 m | 534 | No overall grade 2025 | 34 | Compare |
| Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery | Foundation | 0.6 miles | 690 | Good 2024 | 7 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Southend YMCA Community School a good school?
Southend YMCA Community School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in May 2025.
What is Southend YMCA Community School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Southend YMCA Community School not judged at its last full inspection on 7 May 2025.
How many pupils does Southend YMCA Community School have?
31 pupils aged 14 to 18 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 65 places, so it is 48% full.
Does Southend YMCA Community School have a sixth form?
Yes.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- The Ticket House, 110 East Street, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH
- Telephone
- 01702 987820
- Headteacher
- Mr Lee Thorne
- Type of school
- Free schools alternative provision (Free schools alternative provision, free schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 14-18, with sixth form
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Single-academy trust
- South Essex Community School Ltd (1 schools)
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Ward
- Victoria
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2 September 2013 (new provision)
- URN
- 139903 · LAESTAB 8821101 · UKPRN 10042402
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.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- 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.