Shoeburyness High School
Mixed school with a selective quota in Shoeburyness.
| Places in Year 7 | 310 |
| How places are allocated | Small quota |
| Own entrance test | No |
| Feesstate-funded, like every grammar school | None |
What score is needed?
These are the scores of the last place actually offered — not a pass mark. Everyone offered a place scored at least this much.
| Entry year | Category | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Inside priority area | 304 |
The consortium makes no offer anywhere below 303. Anything above that in the table is the school being oversubscribed, not a higher pass mark.
These move every year and are published months after most families have to choose. Treat them as a guide to how competitive a school is, not a target.
How hard is it to get a place?
In 2026, 243 families put Shoeburyness High School first, and 243 of them were offered a place there (100%).
These figures cover every Year 7 place at the school, not only the small quota admitted on the 11+, so they say little about the selective places on their own.
| Year | Places offered | Put it first | Offered a placeof those |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 304 | 252 | 24898% |
| 2025 | 292 | 228 | 228100% |
| 2026 | 310 | 243 | 243100% |
Source: Department for Education, applications and offers. Figures are for National Offer Day in March; places filled later from waiting lists are not included.
How you get a place
This is not a grammar school. It is a comprehensive or faith school with a small number of places set aside for children who pass the 11+, with the rest admitted on ordinary criteria. The selective quota is only a fraction of the intake.
- A mixed comprehensive with a selective stream, not a grammar school. Only about 28 of its 310 places are allocated on the CSSE test.
- Uniquely, it operates a borderline selective band for scores between 295 and 303 - a route for children who narrowly miss the consortium pass mark.
- Selective places require residence in the priority area.
Does it run its own test?
No. Entry is through the CSSE 11+ only.
Does it charge fees?
Shoeburyness High School is a state school. There are no fees for a Year 7 place. Admission is decided by the CSSE 11+ and the school’s published criteria, never by what a family can pay.
Work out where a score lands
The CSSE 11+ calculator turns marks into a standardised score you can compare against the figures above.
Other schools to look at
Same region, so the same test gets you into all of them. Which of these is a realistic alternative depends far more on how each one allocates places than on its reputation.
Source
Built from published admissions documents for 2027/28: admissions arrangements. Check the school’s own site before applying — arrangements change annually and deadlines are unforgiving.