Kingsdown School
Snakes Lane, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6XT
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 3 to 14
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SEN TRUST SOUTHEND
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Stroud
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Southend West and Leigh
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 130
- Pupils on roll
- 130
- URN
- 144692
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01702527486
About this school
Kingsdown School is a special academy in Southend-on-Sea. It teaches children aged 3 to 14 and has 130 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. 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- 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 | 13 | 12 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -4.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.90 | - | - |
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 Kingsdown 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 | 0% | 57.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 58.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 59.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 124 |
| 2023/24 | 127 |
| 2024/25 | 130 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.92%
- English as an additional language
- 15.4%
- Overall absence
- 10.11%
- Persistent absence
- 29.66%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The St Christopher School0.5 miles
Academies · Leigh-on-Sea
-
Estuary High School1.3 miles
Special schools · Leigh-on-Sea
-
Lancaster School1.3 miles
Academies · Westcliff-on-Sea
-
Saint Pierre School1.5 miles
Independent schools · Leigh-on-Sea
-
St. Michael's School1.7 miles
Independent schools
Other schools in Southend-on-Sea
- Southend YMCA Community School Free Schools
- 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 year groups does Kingsdown School teach?
- Kingsdown School teaches children aged 3 to 14. It is a special school in Southend-on-Sea.
- Who is the headteacher of Kingsdown School?
- The headteacher of Kingsdown School is Mrs Lisa Stroud, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Kingsdown School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kingsdown 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 big is Kingsdown School?
- Kingsdown School has 130 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 14.
- Is Kingsdown School full?
- Kingsdown School has capacity for 130 pupils and 130 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Kingsdown School a faith school?
- No. Kingsdown School has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Kingsdown School?
- Kingsdown School is part of SEN TRUST SOUTHEND. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Kingsdown School have?
- The schools register lists Kingsdown School's special educational needs provision as: PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Kingsdown School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is Kingsdown School's absence rate?
- Kingsdown School's overall absence rate is 10.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kingsdown School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kingsdown 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 2 July 2026.