Heycroft Primary School
Benvenue Avenue, Eastwood, LEIGH-on-SEA, SS9 5SJ
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Heycroft Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headmaster
- Mr Andy Abel
- Constituency
- Southend West
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 402
- URN
- 114789
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
About this school
Heycroft Primary School was a community primary school in Leigh-on-Sea. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 402 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Heycroft Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 73% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.50 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.40 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Heycroft Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Southend-on-Sea average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 57.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Heycroft Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 51% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6% | 12.9% | 402 | — |
| Heycroft Primary School | 43% | 5.5% | 18.4% | 349 | 0.1 miles |
| Eastwood Primary School & Nursery | — | — | — | 469 | 0.3 miles |
| Edwards Hall Primary School | 88% | 4% | 12.7% | 411 | 0.7 miles |
| Blenheim Primary School | 65% | 4.7% | 18.7% | 650 | 0.9 miles |
| Fairways Primary School | 70% | 4.7% | 18.9% | 407 | 1.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.9%
- English as an additional language
- 5%
- Overall absence
- 6%
- Persistent absence
- 15.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Heycroft Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · LEIGH-on-SEA
-
Eastwood Primary School & Nursery0.3 miles
Primary · Leigh-on-Sea
-
Edwards Hall Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leigh-on-Sea
-
Blenheim Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Leigh-on-Sea
-
Fairways Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Leigh-on-Sea
Other schools in Leigh-on-Sea
- Blenheim Primary School Primary
- Chalkwell Hall Infant School Primary
- Chalkwell Hall Junior School Primary
- Darlinghurst Academy Primary
- Eastwood Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Edwards Hall Primary School Primary
- Fairways Primary School Primary
- Heycroft Primary School Primary
- Leigh North Street Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School Primary
- West Leigh Infant School Primary
- West Leigh Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Heycroft Primary School teach?
- Heycroft Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Leigh-on-Sea.
- Has Heycroft Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Heycroft Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Heycroft Primary School?
- Heycroft Primary School had 402 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Heycroft Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Heycroft Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Heycroft Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 31 December 2023.