| Southend High School for Boys | |
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 School crest  Front arches of the Southend Grammar School for Boys building | |
| Address | |
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Prittlewell Chase , , SS0 0RG England | |
| Coordinates | 51°33′12″N 0°41′44″E / 51.5534°N 0.6955°E |
| Information | |
| Type | 11–18 boys Grammar school with mixed sixth form |
| Motto | Latin: Forti nihil difficile (To the determined, nothing is difficult) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Anglican |
| Established | 1895 (founded), 1939 (moved to current premises) |
| Founder | Joseph Hitchcock |
| Local authority | Southend-on-Sea |
| Department for Education URN | 136443 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Head teacher | Rachel Worth (temporary) |
| Gender | Boys (with mixed-gender sixth form) |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | Approximately 900–1000 |
| Houses | Troy Athens Sparta Tuscany |
| Colour(s) | Green and white |
| Athletics | Athletics, Rugby union, football, cricket, rounders, basketball, badminton, tennis, cross country |
| Publication | SHSBulletin (fortnightly, formerly weekly), Excel newsletter, Old Southendian Association magazine (annually) |
| Website | www |
Southend High School for Boys, also known by its initialism SHSB, is an 11–18 boys selective secondary grammar school[1] situated along Prittlewell Chase in Prittlewell, in the north-west of Southend-on-Sea, England. It teaches students from the age of 11 through to 18 years old, and admission to the school is dependent upon their performance in selective 11+ tests set by the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE). It converted to Academy status on 1 February 2011, and has autonomous control over itself. Student numbers have been increasing over recent years, and, as of academic year 2023–2024, just over 1,300 students on roll, with over 420 of them in the co–educational Sixth Form.
The school consistently achieves over 95% of its students attaining 5 GCSEs grade A*–C each year,[2] and was one of the few schools in the country to achieve "outstanding" in the 2006 Ofsted inspection.[3]
- ^ "Southend Grammar School for Boys (C) Bob Bowyer". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ "Secondary School Achievement and Attainment Tables 2006". Department for Education and Skills. Retrieved 22 June 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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