Belfairs Academy
Highlands Boulevard, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 3TG
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: Yes
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,558 (774 boys, 784 girls)
- Capacity: 1440
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 22.3%
- Telephone: 01702509000
- Ofsted: Requires improvement (14 May 2024); report card, no overall grade (inspected 28 Apr 2026)
- Attainment 8: 45.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 680 applications, 272 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Southend-on-Sea
- West Leigh Infant School (0.4 miles, straight line)
- West Leigh Junior School (0.4 miles, straight line)
- Fairways Primary School (0.8 miles, straight line)
- Leigh North Street Primary School (0.9 miles, straight line)
- Blenheim Primary School (1 miles, straight line)
- Darlinghurst Academy (1.1 miles, straight line)
