The Senior School at Alleyn Court consists of Years 4,5 and 6 with two classes in each year group.  

At the beginning of Year 4 the children move into the Senior Block known as the Tomlinson Building. In the Year 4 pupils spend just under half of their timetable with their form teacher concentrating on the core subjects of Literacy and Maths. They will also study PSHE with their Form teacher as well as DT. The rest of their curriculum is taught by specialist teachers and the children therefore move around the block to the specialist classes. The specialist subjects are: French, History, Geography, RE, Art, PE/Games, Music and ICT. 

The children in Years 5 and 6 are taught all their subjects by specialist teachers. We are justifiably proud of this at Alleyn Court as there are few schools in the country that can boast full specialist teaching at such a young, yet important age. 

As Southend has 4 state grammar schools and 4 comprehensive schools with grammar streams, many of the children at Alleyn Court take the eleven plus test organised by “The Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex” in the November of Year 6. The test consists of three papers: Verbal Reasoning, English and Maths. The Verbal Reasoning Paper is worth double the marks of the other two. Despite being a non-selective school Alleyn Court’s record at successfully preparing pupils for this test is excellent. Regularly over 80% of the 11+ entry pass into local grammars or grammar streams. We introduce a timetabled lesson of Verbal Reasoning from the start of Year 5 and through Year 6 up to the Test, with a voluntary VR Club offered after school in Year 6; whilst our specialist Maths and English teachers ensure that the children are as fully prepared as possible for the other papers.

We also prepare those pupils wishing to take Independent School Entry Papers at age 11. In the last 5 years over 30 pupils have gone on to major Public Schools such as Brentwood, Felsted, The Royal Hospital School and Framlingham with two gaining scholarships to Bishop Stortford’s College and Tonbridge.

The Senior School Form Teachers are responsible for the pastoral care of their pupils; they also organise many of their trips and work with them to produce bi-annual Form Assemblies. Our Year 6 children also learn the responsibilities of being prefects, librarians and monitors, taking on the role of one these each term. Each year a Head Boy and a Head Girl are chosen from the Year 6 cohort, who will lead their peers through the range of responsibilities and will be the public voice of the school and  pupils at end of term assemblies, Speech Day and Carol Service.

Our Senior children are highly motivated, confident and polite young people. Whatever secondary school they move on to, they will take something special of Alleyn Court with them and whilst at Alleyn Court many of them will make friendships for life.