Belfairs Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,558 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
Academy special converter
Lancaster School
- Pupils on roll
- 138of 106 places
- Free school meals
- 40.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 27
- Ofsted
- Report card, 2 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Strong standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Expected standardSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Lancaster School (URN 115445, until 1 September 2017).
What the data says
Of the 23 pupils who finished Year 11 at Lancaster School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Lancaster School’s own sixth form (Southend-on-Sea average 58%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Southend-on-Sea and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Lancaster School | Southend-on-Sea | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 23 | 2,303 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 94% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 96% | 91% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 58% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 30% | 37% |
| — other education | 96% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
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Southend High School for Boys
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.