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Location

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About

Key Information Welcome from the Headmaster --> Welcome from the Headmaster I have a long association with the School having begun my teaching career here back in the early 1990s and I consider it an enormous privilege to be Headmaster of this School. Westcliff High School for Boys is a School rich in tradition with a fine academic, cultural and sporting record.

It is also a School which fosters deep affection from within its community, from current and former pupils and staff. Founded in 1920, we have a proud tradition of serving our local community and actively promote local entry through our Westcliff Centre for Gifted Children (WCGC) Go for Grammar! programme.

Public examination outcomes are consistently of the highest order; the extent to which attainment at WHSB exceeds national outcomes is not only large but is, in many subjects, growing.

Such levels of achievement, together with the broader perspectives and deeper insights which go beyond the narrow confines of the subject specifications, provide a secure foundation for future study and enable our students to attend the top universities in the UK and further afield.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

9 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Band
  • Basketball
  • Chess
  • Debating
  • Drama
  • Duke of Edinburgh
  • Orchestra
  • Robotics
  • Stem

Awards

1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Duke of EdinburghPersonal development

Key facts

URN
136272
Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
Ages
11 to 18
Gender
Boys
Admissions
Selective
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Southend-on-Sea
Constituency
Southend West and Leigh
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2010

Governing body (21 current, 0 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

17 governors are linked to a profile (16 confirmed, 1 (likely)).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Mr Daniel Wightman Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2025 · until 2029
Dr Hannah Shoshana Elizabeth Moore Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Douglas William Bambrick Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by parentssince 2024 · until 2028
Miss Alexandra Anne James Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardElected by school staffsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Anthony Cole Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Keith David Luxon Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Anthony Cole Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2022
Mr Stephen RothonChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2020
Mr James Currell Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2020 · until 2028
Dr Paul Christopher Guyler Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2020 · until 2028
Dr Thuraia Nageh Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2020 · until 2029
Mr Robert Galvin Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2016 · until 2028
Ms Fiona Colwell Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2016
Mr Jon Gershinson (likely)MemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2014
Ms Fiona Colwell Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2012 · until 2029
Mr Michael Skelly Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2012
Mr Michael Skelly Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2012
Mr Steven Johnson Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2010
Mr Ian Croxford Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by academy memberssince 2010
Mr Mark Solomons Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 2009 · until 2029
Mr Charles Casey Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by academy memberssince 1999 · until 2030

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record