The Westborough School | School performance

53%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

451

Pupils · 2024/25

39%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

53%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

451

Pupils · 2024/25

39%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

53%

RWM expected · 2024/25

10%

RWM higher · 2024/25

451

Pupils · 2024/25

39%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 13/02/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySouthend-on-Sea

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio20.4:1

Admissions—

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of The Westborough School · Primary · Southend-on-Sea

Part ofSOUTH EAST ESSEX ACADEMY TRUST

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

53%

-7pp

60%57%53%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 53%

RWM higher standard

10%

0pp

17%13%8%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 10%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

68%

Reading higher standard

33%

Writing expected standard

70%

Writing higher standard

17%

Maths expected standard

68%

Maths higher standard

15%

Science expected standard

77%

SPAG expected standard

67%

SPAG higher standard

28%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

102.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

451

Pupil : teacher ratio

20.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

39%

FSM eligible

31%

SEN

20%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

Macdonald Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 9BS

Local authority

Southend-on-Sea

Website

www.thewestboroughschool.co.uk

Telephone

01702349249

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	53%	10%	68%	33%	70%	17%	68%	15%	77%	67%	104.0	102.0	104.0	—	—	—	20%	451
2023/24	60%	10%	72%	24%	76%	16%	76%	21%	84%	78%	104.0	105.0	105.0	—	—	—	20%	461
2022/23	53%	8%	80%	25%	75%	14%	63%	22%	83%	71%	105.0	103.0	104.0	+1.20	+1.50	-0.30	18%	458
2018/19	58%	17%	66%	31%	78%	24%	78%	33%	85%	66%	104.0	106.0	103.0	+0.70	+1.40	+2.30	18%	535
2017/18	59%	12%	69%	27%	81%	24%	71%	33%	84%	69%	104.0	105.0	104.0	-0.60	+1.40	+2.30	—	568
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	451	22.0	20%	39%	31%	5%	15%
2023/24	461	21.5	20%	40%	35%	6%	19%
2022/23	458	21.8	18%	39%	37%	7%	24%
2021/22	450	20.7	20%	39%	33%	7%	26%
2020/21	485	22.5	18%	37%	32%	—	—
2018/19	535	21.8	18%	37%	34%	5%	14%
2017/18	—	21.7	—	—	—	5%	16%