Lancaster School
Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0RT
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SEN TRUST SOUTHEND
- Headteacher
- Mr Tom Jackson-Owens
- 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
- 106
- Pupils on roll
- 138
- URN
- 144693
- Local authority
- Southend-on-Sea
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01702342543
About this school
Lancaster School is a special academy in Westcliff-on-Sea. It teaches children aged 14 to 19 and has 138 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lancaster 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 23 | 28 | 27 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lancaster 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 18% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 17.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 126 |
| 2023/24 | 131 |
| 2024/25 | 131 |
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)
- 48.89%
- English as an additional language
- 5.3%
- Overall absence
- 17.33%
- Persistent absence
- 38.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Southend YMCA Community School0.9 miles
Free Schools · Southend-on-Sea
-
Beis Chinuch Lebonos Westcliff0.9 miles
Independent schools · Southend-on-Sea
-
Saint Pierre School0.9 miles
Independent schools · Leigh-on-Sea
-
Estuary High School1.0 miles
Special schools · Leigh-on-Sea
-
Compass Community School Boleyn Park1.2 miles
Special schools · Westcliff-on-Sea
Other schools in Westcliff-on-Sea
- Compass Community School Boleyn Park Special schools
- Barons Court Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Earls Hall Primary School Primary
- Milton Hall Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery Primary
- St Helen's Catholic Primary School Primary
- The Westborough School Primary
- Chase High School Secondary
- St Bernard's High School Secondary
- St Thomas More High School Secondary
- Westcliff High School for Boys Academy Secondary
- Westcliff High School for Girls Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Lancaster School teach?
- Lancaster School teaches children aged 14 to 19. It is a special school in Westcliff-on-Sea.
- Who is the headteacher of Lancaster School?
- The headteacher of Lancaster School is Mr Tom Jackson-Owens, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lancaster School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lancaster 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 Lancaster School?
- Lancaster School has 138 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 14 to 19.
- Is Lancaster School full?
- Lancaster School has capacity for 106 pupils and 138 on roll (130%), 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 Lancaster School a faith school?
- No. Lancaster School has no designated religious character.
- Is Lancaster School part of an academy trust?
- Lancaster 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 Lancaster School have?
- The schools register lists Lancaster 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.
- What is Lancaster School's absence rate?
- Lancaster School's overall absence rate is 17.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lancaster School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lancaster 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 15 July 2026.