Hamstel Infant School and Nursery

Academy converter·Infant school Southend-on-Sea·SS2 4PQ

School type

Infant school

Ages 3–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Hamstel Infant School and Nursery is an infant school for pupils aged 3–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

90%

125 first choices, 120 places

First choices per place

1.04

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

215

any preference, for 120 places

Last place offered lived

0.77 mi

straight line, 2026 intake · 1244 m

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9320220.9720231.0520241.0520251.042026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 3–7
Pupils on roll: 470
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

26.8%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

13.4%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

15.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.7%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

17.5%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

22.8

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£5,420

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Hamstel Junior School Southend-on-Sea · 0.0 mi 43.3 Temple Sutton Primary School Southend-on-Sea · 0.6 mi 50.4 Bournemouth Park Academy Southend-on-Sea · 0.7 mi 50.9 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Southend-on-Sea · 0.7 mi 53.6 Porters Grange Primary School and Nursery Southend-on-Sea · 0.9 mi 44.3 Greenways Primary School Southend-on-Sea · 0.9 mi 47.8 St Mary's, Prittlewell, CofE Primary School Southend-on-Sea · 1.4 mi 38.0 Bournes Green Junior School Southend-on-Sea · 1.4 mi 80.0

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

Hamstel Infant School and Nursery at a glance

Located in Southend-on-Sea, Hamstel Infant School and Nursery is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 470 pupils aged 3 to 7.

Competition for places is real here - 90% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (125 first choices for 120 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.77 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 22.8 pupils per teacher. Hamstel Infant School and Nursery does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.