Friars Primary School and Nursery
About the school
Friars Primary School and Nursery is an open primary school in Southend-on-Sea.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 11 December 2024
- Published
- 16 January 2025
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- Standards maintained
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 66%
- Southend-on-Sea
- 62%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 5%
- Southend-on-Sea
- 11%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 80%
- Southend-on-Sea
- 75%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 79%
- Southend-on-Sea
- 75%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 75%
- Southend-on-Sea
- 72%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 84%
- Southend-on-Sea
- 72%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 18%
- Southend-on-Sea
- 29%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 88%
- Southend-on-Sea
- 85%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 105
- Southend-on-Sea
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 103
- Southend-on-Sea
- 104
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 105
- Southend-on-Sea
- 105
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
427
Girls
45.43%
Boys
54.57%
SEN support
12.88%
Education, health and care plan
2.34%
English as an additional language
5.90%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
43.50%
Overall absence
6.24
Persistent absence
19.23