Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery
Delaware Road, Shoeburyness, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 9NP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- SOUTHEND EAST COMMUNITY ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Stephanie Frost
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Southend East and Rochford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 421
- URN
- 143336
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01702582225
About this school
Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery is a primary academy in Southend-on-Sea. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 421 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 87 | 65 | 82 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 51% | 42% | 37% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 2% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 55% | 59% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 62% | 50% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 57% | 48% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 102.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.60 | - | - |
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 Thorpedene 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 | 51% | 57.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 42% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 37% | 59.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 536 |
| 2023/24 | 533 |
| 2024/25 | 500 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery compares
Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery ranked 27th of 27 primary schools in Southend-on-Sea for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37% | 8.1% | 51.7% | 421 | — |
| Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School | 60% | 6.1% | 23.6% | 393 | 0.4 miles |
| Bournes Green Infant School | — | 4.6% | 4.4% | 193 | 0.4 miles |
| Bournes Green Junior School | 80% | 4.1% | 9.4% | 264 | 0.5 miles |
| St George's Catholic Primary School | 77% | 5.1% | 14.4% | 209 | 0.7 miles |
| Hinguar Community Primary School | 76% | 5.6% | 19.5% | 261 | 0.7 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)
- 51.69%
- English as an additional language
- 9.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.1%
- Persistent absence
- 28.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · Southend-on-Sea
-
Bournes Green Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Southend-on-Sea
-
Bournes Green Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Southend-on-Sea
-
St George's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Southend-on-Sea
-
Hinguar Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Southend-on-Sea
Other schools in Southend-on-Sea
Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery ranks 15th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Southend-on-Sea.
- 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
- Hamstel Junior School Primary
- Hinguar Community Primary School Primary
- Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery teach?
- Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in Southend-on-Sea.
- Who is the headteacher of Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery?
- The headteacher of Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery is Mrs Stephanie Frost, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery?
- Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery has 421 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery full?
- Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery has capacity for 630 pupils and 421 on roll (67%), 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 Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery a faith school?
- No. Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery has no designated religious character.
- Does Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery?
- Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery is part of SOUTHEND EAST COMMUNITY ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery have?
- The schools register lists Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 51% in 2022/23 and 37% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery rank locally?
- Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery ranked 27th of 27 primary schools in Southend-on-Sea for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery's absence rate?
- Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Thorpedene 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 2 July 2026.