Heycroft Primary School
Primary school in LEIGH-on-SEA, Southend on Sea. Inadequate (Feb 2023). Serious weaknesses.
Latest graded inspection
Inspected 9 February 2023, report published 29 March 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.
Serious weaknesses. Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern.
This grade was given to Heycroft Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. Heycroft Primary School hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.
Inadequate overall. The lowest grade. The school had serious problems. 2% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Inadequate.
| Area | Grade |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.
Next inspection: around February 2027
The last inspection was in February 2023. Schools are usually inspected about every four years. That’s within the next six months.
An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.
Nearby primary schools
- 0.3 milesEastwood Primary School & Nursery
Good (Jun 2023)
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Standards maintained (Mar 2025)
- 0.9 milesBlenheim Primary School
Standards maintained (Apr 2025)
- 1.1 milesFairways Primary School
School remains Good (Jul 2023)
- 1.4 milesDarlinghurst Academy
Improved significantly (Jan 2025)
Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.