The Eastwood Academy
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The Eastwood Academy is a converter academy in Leigh-on-Sea for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 1,154 pupils, 184 more than it has places for. About 17 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 82 out of 100. That puts it above schools like it, ahead of 90% of the 50 schools most like it.
Rayleigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 5UU01702 524341eastwoodacademy.co.ukMrs Louise Goldsmith-Clark principalAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
222 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 | Southend-on-Sea | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 222 | 220 | 205 | 205 | 168 | 144 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 51.6 | 52.6 | 50.7 | 56.3 | 51.6 | 53.1 | 54.7 | 46.8 |
| Progress from age 11Progress 8 | – | +0.44 | +0.48 | +0.58 | +0.46 | +0.60 | – | – |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 55% | 66% | 56% | 68% | 57% | 65% | 60% | 46% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 82% | 84% | 79% | 86% | 82% | 88% | 74% | 66% |
| Core subjects scoreEBacc average point score | 4.68 | 4.96 | 4.68 | 5.19 | 4.64 | 4.84 | 4.88 | 4.15 |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 74% | 85% | 93% | 98% | 85% | 95% | 53% | 41% |
| Average GCSE score: low-income pupilsAttainment 8, disadvantaged | 46.2 | 45.6 | 43.3 | 50.4 | 41.6 | 43.8 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: other pupilsAttainment 8, non-disadvantaged | 52.8 | 54.5 | 52.7 | 57.9 | 54.1 | 55.6 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started behindAttainment 8, low prior attainers | – | 33.6 | 35.7 | 38.9 | 30.9 | 38.1 | – | – |
| Average GCSE score: pupils who started aheadAttainment 8, high prior attainers | – | 66.9 | 63.4 | 71.1 | 63.2 | 62.2 | – | – |
Subjects
Results came out for 16 GCSE subjects in 2025. Each figure is the share of pupils who got a grade 5 or better, next to the average for state secondaries in England.
Strongest subjects
Subjects that did worse than the England average: French (46% here, 60% across England).
The small number is how many pupils sat each subject. Subjects with fewer than six pupils aren't published.
Every subject against England, 2025
| Subject | Entries | Grades 9 to 7 | Grades 9 to 5 | Grades 9 to 4 | England 9 to 5 | Rank in England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Social Studies | 234 | 26% | 71% | 84% | 54% | 183 of 1,043 |
| Mathematics | 221 | 23% | 64% | 88% | 53% | 679 of 3,211 |
| English Language | 221 | 20% | 59% | 82% | 54% | 1,025 of 3,210 |
| Combined Science | 220 | 14% | 48% | 75% | 36% | 653 of 3,084 |
| English Literature | 217 | 21% | 65% | 83% | 58% | 944 of 3,202 |
| French | 162 | 14% | 46% | 66% | 60% | 1,482 of 1,974 |
| History | 113 | 26% | 58% | 77% | 52% | 1,020 of 3,126 |
| Geography | 97 | 26% | 63% | 72% | 51% | 709 of 3,116 |
| Business | 90 | 32% | 74% | 87% | 51% | 194 of 1,806 |
| Physical Education | 61 | 38% | 92% | 98% | 56% | 99 of 1,559 |
| Art and Design | 41 | 10% | 61% | 90% | 58% | 1,291 of 2,818 |
| Design & Technology | 39 | 21% | 49% | 64% | 50% | 724 of 1,478 |
| Drama | 33 | 49% | 76% | 94% | 60% | 253 of 844 |
| Music | 26 | 19% | 73% | 77% | 61% | 179 of 395 |
| Statistics | 25 | 52% | 92% | 100% | 51% | 96 of 375 |
| Food Preparation & Nutrition | 20 | 10% | 45% | 75% | 52% | 668 of 1,098 |
In combined science each pupil gets two grades and we count the lower one. Rankings only include state secondaries where 20 or more pupils sat the subject.
Does every child do well here?
A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. Every gap at this school is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.
At GCSE, 2025
Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
About 76 places were empty, so most families who apply get in, though a popular year group can still fill up. Pupil numbers have grown by 4% since 2021/22, so places are getting harder to come by.
How places were given out for September 2026. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child who qualified under the random allocation rule, so all the places were taken before distance came into it.
Who goes here
Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (73), Specific learning difficulty (40), language and communications needs (39), Autistic spectrum disorder (29), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (12), Other difficulty or disability (7).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 1,154 | 1,143 | 1,147 | 1,119 | 1,103 | 1,068 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 17% | 17% | 18% | 18% | 16% | 15% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 4% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 7% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 13% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 10% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.7% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 91.4%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 6.3% | 6.5% | 6.9% | 7.5% | 5.5% | 4.0% | 8.6% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 3.5% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 2.2% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 2.8% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 2.6% | 2.4% | 1.8% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 15.8% | 16.5% | 18.3% | 23.1% | 15.6% | 7.9% | 23.9% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 3.5 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 5.2 | 3.1 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 205 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 84%, compared with 94% for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 92% | 97% | 97% | 96% |
| Education | 87% | 92% | 92% | 90% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 2% | 4% | 1% |
| Work | 2% | 2% | 2% | 5% |
| Not in education, work or training | 6% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
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 secondary 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 secondary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Thomas More High School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 1,243 | Good 2024 | 81 | Compare |
| Westcliff High School for Girls | Academy (grammar) | 0.8 miles | 1,354 | Outstanding 2024 | 99 | Compare |
| Westcliff High School for Boys Academy | Academy (grammar) | 0.8 miles | 1,309 | Outstanding 2023 | 99 | Compare |
| Chase High School | Academy | 1.3 miles | 1,293 | Report card 2026 | 9 | Compare |
| Belfairs Academy | Academy | 1.4 miles | 1,558 | Requires improvement 2024 | 17 | Compare |
| Southend High School for Boys | Academy (grammar) | 1.5 miles | 1,332 | Outstanding 2024 | 98 | Compare |
| St Bernard's High School | Academy | 2.3 miles | 1,001 | Good 2023 | 82 | Compare |
| The King Edmund School | Academy | 2.7 miles | 1,318 | Good 2024 | 11 | Compare |
Compared with schools like it
Our score compares The Eastwood Academy with the 50 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 50 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.
No school with a similar mix of pupils within 25 km scores clearly higher.
How the score was worked out
The score is out of 100. A 82 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 82% of secondary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 77 to 86. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.
| What we looked at | How much it counts | Against schools like it | Effect on the score | Based on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results over three years | 20% | above | +0.14 | 2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 222 pupils |
| Ofsted inspection | 0% | no data | – | |
| Progress pupils make | 20% | above | +0.18 | DfE progress measure; 222 pupils |
| Direction of travel over five years | 10% | in line | +0.02 | results and attendance falling year on year |
| Attendance and behaviour | 10% | above | +0.11 | 2024/25; 1,163 pupils |
| Results, allowing for the mix of pupils | 10% | well above | +0.15 | Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 222 pupils |
| What pupils do next | 5% | in line | +0.01 | 205 pupils |
| What parents say | 0% | no data | – |
Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.
Questions parents ask
Is The Eastwood Academy a good school?
Yes, going by the figures. The Eastwood Academy scores 82 out of 100. That is above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 90% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 77 to 86, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.
How good are The Eastwood Academy's GCSE results?
In summer 2025, 55% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 46%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 51.6, against 46.8 for England. In each subject, pupils here finished about half a grade ahead of children across England who started secondary school at the same level.
How many pupils does The Eastwood Academy have?
1,154 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 970 places, so it is 119% full.
Is The Eastwood Academy oversubscribed?
Probably not. 76 places were empty in 2024/25 (6% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at The Eastwood Academy?
Pupils were in school 93.7% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 91.4%. 16% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at The Eastwood Academy?
The average class had 26.8 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 22.8. 40% of classes had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Rayleigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 5UU
- Telephone
- 01702 524341
- Website
- eastwoodacademy.co.uk
- Principal
- Mrs Louise Goldsmith-Clark
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Secondary school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- Tenacitas Trust (4 schools)
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Ward
- Eastwood Park
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 17 August 2011 (academy converter)
- URN
- 137284 · LAESTAB 8825414 · UKPRN 10034832
- Formerly
- The Eastwood School (11-18)
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- 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 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
- 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.