Eastwood Primary School & Nursery
Rayleigh Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 5UT
This school is closed (it closed in September 2025).
It was replaced by Eastwood Primary School & Nursery. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Perman
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 471
- URN
- 134860
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
About this school
Eastwood Primary School & Nursery was a foundation primary school in Leigh-on-Sea. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 471 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Eastwood Primary School & Nursery has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2005, 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 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 67% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 3% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 80% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 85% | 78% | 88% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 75% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 104.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.60 | - | - |
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 Eastwood Primary School & Nursery 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 | 72% | 57.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 59.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 465 |
| 2023/24 | 479 |
| 2024/25 | 471 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Eastwood Primary School & Nursery compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 5.4% | 31.9% | 471 | — |
| Eastwood Primary School & Nursery | — | — | — | 469 | 0.0 miles |
| Heycroft Primary School | 43% | 5.5% | 18.4% | 349 | 0.3 miles |
| Blenheim Primary School | 65% | 4.7% | 18.7% | 650 | 0.6 miles |
| Edwards Hall Primary School | 88% | 4% | 12.7% | 411 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.91%
- English as an additional language
- 19.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.43%
- Persistent absence
- 14.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Eastwood Primary School & Nursery0.0 miles
Primary · Leigh-on-Sea
-
Heycroft Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · LEIGH-on-SEA
-
Blenheim Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Leigh-on-Sea
-
Edwards Hall 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 ages does Eastwood Primary School & Nursery teach?
- Eastwood Primary School & Nursery taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Leigh-on-Sea.
- Has Eastwood Primary School & Nursery been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Eastwood Primary School & Nursery 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 many pupils are at Eastwood Primary School & Nursery?
- Eastwood Primary School & Nursery had 471 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Eastwood Primary School & Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 72% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Eastwood Primary School & Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Eastwood Primary School & Nursery'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 30 September 2025.