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Southend High School for Girls

Southend-on-Sea
Girls

Overview

Top performing girls' grammar in Southend with strong humanities and arts.

Admissions

SET entry with CSSE alternative considered. ~180 places.

Key facts

  • Girls' grammar school in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, with a sixth form.
  • Year 7 intake: approximately 180 places each year.
  • 11+ exam: the Southend Selection Test (SET), with CSSE results also considered.
  • Admission is score-based, with distance used as a tiebreaker.
  • Strong humanities and arts provision.
  • Ofsted: Outstanding.

Historical scores

Catchment
Year In Out
2025 303 321
2024 304 327
2023 303 324
2022 303 311
2021 303 318
2020 303 303
2019 303 303

Standardised scores out of 420. Source CSSE Historical Guidance Sheets (2019–2026 entry), published on the CSSE Freedom of Information page.

Catchment area cut-off scores

Standardised score (out of 420) of the last selective place offered on National Offer Day, from the CSSE historical guidance sheets.

303 303 303 303 303 318 303 311 303 324 304 327 303 321 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2019 Inside priority area : 303 / 420 Outside priority area : 303 / 420 2020 Inside priority area : 303 / 420 Outside priority area : 303 / 420 2021 Inside priority area : 303 / 420 Outside priority area : 318 / 420 2022 Inside priority area : 303 / 420 Outside priority area : 311 / 420 2023 Inside priority area : 303 / 420 Outside priority area : 324 / 420 2024 Inside priority area : 304 / 420 Outside priority area : 327 / 420 2025 Inside priority area : 303 / 420 Outside priority area : 321 / 420
  • Inside priority area
  • Outside priority area

CSSE offers are not made to any child scoring under a total standardised score of 303. Figures fluctuate each year, so applications below these scores may still be worthwhile. Source: CSSE Historical Guidance Sheets (Freedom of Information).

Southend High School for Girls

Girls
Admission number 2027
224
Head

Mr J. Carey — Headteacher

Telephone
01702 588852
Address

Southchurch Boulevard, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS2 4UZ

Southend Girls FAQs

A selective girls' grammar school in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

It uses the Southend Selection Test (SET). CSSE results may also be considered.

Many families sit both the SET and the CSSE 11+ to keep options open.

Around 180 girls are admitted into Year 7 each year.

Places are allocated mainly on test score, with distance used as a tiebreaker.

Most successful candidates start dedicated preparation in Year 4 or early Year 5.

Yes, sibling status forms part of the oversubscription criteria.

SET results are usually released in October.

No. The school is oversubscribed, so a qualifying score does not guarantee an offer.

Always check the school's own admissions pages and the Southend SET information directly.