Ofsted
Outstanding
Inspected 2017
Expected Standard
91%
Demand Ratio
3.1x
Barons Court Primary School and Nursery is a Academy converter primary school in Westcliff-on-Sea, serving ages 3-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted — the highest possible grade. Highly competitive: 3.1× more applications than places — plan well ahead. Ranks in the top 2% of primary schools nationally.
Barons Court Primary School and Nursery is an academy converter in Westcliff-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, admitting pupils aged 3-11. The school has approximately 297 pupils on roll, of whom 26% are eligible for free school meals.
In 2025, 91% of pupils met the expected standard in Reading, Writing and Maths combined, with 21% achieving the higher standard. The school ranks #3 of 27 primaries in Southend-on-Sea and #1,279 of 14,143 nationally.
Ofsted last inspected the school in 2017. The school's current overall rating is Outstanding.
The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 3.1× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.
The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 18.4:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.
In the 2024/25 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 0.2 per 1,000 pupils per term.
R/W/M Expected Standard
91%
Read SS
114
Maths SS
112
GPS SS
111
Progress (0 = national avg)
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Read
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Write
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Maths
Inspection Report
Inspection Report
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