Westcliff High School for Boys

Selective

National rank

57

40

Rank last year

77.9%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

74.9%

GCSE

GCSE

9/8/7

Need to know

Head teacher Michael Skelly
Attendance 96.7%
Gender of entry Boys
Send pupils* 2.8% *Special educational needs and disabilities
Total pupils 1,281
Pupils on free school meals 7.5%
Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
Our methodology
Results

A-level 2025 rank: 83

Grade

%

A*

14.8

A

35.3

B

27.8

A*/A

50.2

A*-B

77.9

GCSE 2025 rank: 44

Grade

%

9/8

55.5

7

19.4

9/8/7

74.9

What the school inspection says

“There are high expectations for what pupils can achieve. Pupils consistently rise to meet these and achieve exceptionally well. They produce high-quality work across the curriculum. Pupils are proud of the school and feel privileged to attend here. Pupils demonstrate high standards of conduct and extremely positive learning attitudes in lessons … Service to others is incredibly important to pupils. This is reflected in the extensive range of leadership roles available to pupils … The school has designed a highly ambitious and well-thought-out curriculum. It is academically rigorous and goes far beyond the requirements of the national curriculum and examination courses. All pupils learn rich and important knowledge that prepares them well for their next steps.”
Inspection
2023
*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

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