Southend YMCA Community School
The Ticket House, 110 East Street, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6LH
- Phase
- Free Schools
- School type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Ages
- 14 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- SOUTH ESSEX COMMUNITY SCHOOL LTD
- Headteacher
- Mr Lee Thorne
- Religious ethos
- Christian
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 65
- Pupils on roll
- 31
- URN
- 139903
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Telephone
- 01702987820
About this school
Southend YMCA Community School is a special academy in Southend-on-Sea. It teaches children aged 14 to 18 and has 31 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Southend YMCA Community School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Southend YMCA Community 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 |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 15 |
| 2023/24 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | 22 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 66.67%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
Location
Nearby schools
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Beis Chinuch Lebonos Westcliff0.5 miles
Independent schools · Southend-on-Sea
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Sutton House Academy0.5 miles
Academies · Southend-On-Sea
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Victory Park Academy0.5 miles
Academies · Southend-On-Sea
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Lancaster School0.9 miles
Academies · Westcliff-on-Sea
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Compass Community School Boleyn Park1.0 miles
Special schools · Westcliff-on-Sea
Other schools in Southend-on-Sea
- Kingsdown School Academies
- St Nicholas School Academies
- Sutton House Academy Academies
- Victory Park Academy Academies
- Barling Magna Primary Academy Primary
- Bournemouth Park Academy Primary
- Bournes Green Infant School Primary
- Bournes Green Junior School Primary
- Friars Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Great Wakering Primary Academy Primary
- Greenways Primary School Primary
- Hamstel Infant School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Southend YMCA Community School teach?
- Southend YMCA Community School teaches children aged 14 to 18. It is a special school in Southend-on-Sea.
- Who is the headteacher of Southend YMCA Community School?
- The headteacher of Southend YMCA Community School is Mr Lee Thorne, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Southend YMCA Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Southend YMCA Community School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Southend YMCA Community School?
- Southend YMCA Community School has 31 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 14 to 18.
- Is Southend YMCA Community School full?
- Southend YMCA Community School has capacity for 65 pupils and 31 on roll (48%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Southend YMCA Community School a faith school?
- No. Southend YMCA Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Southend YMCA Community School part of an academy trust?
- Southend YMCA Community School is part of SOUTH ESSEX COMMUNITY SCHOOL LTD. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- Does Southend YMCA Community School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Southend YMCA Community School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 1 July 2026.