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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 24 April 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 4 May 2016Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry108 applications · 72 places offered · 55 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2025 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2024 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2023 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
- 2022 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2021 1.4; Essex median median 2.3
- 2020 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2019 1.6; Essex median median 2.5
- 2018 1.3; Essex median median 2.5
- 2017 1.7; Essex median median 2.6
- 2016 1.5; Essex median median 2.8
- 2015 1.5; Essex median median 2.7
- 2014 1.5; Essex median median 2.8
- This school
- Essex median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 72 | 108 | 1.5 | 55 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2025 | 84 | 124 | 1.5 | 70 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2024 | 85 | 123 | 1.5 | 57 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2023 | 88 | 137 | 1.6 | 81 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2022 | 90 | 136 | 1.5 | 72 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2021 | 83 | 114 | 1.4 | 59 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2020 | 90 | 135 | 1.5 | 69 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2019 | 90 | 142 | 1.6 | 66 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2018 | 90 | 114 | 1.3 | 54 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2017 | 73 | 122 | 1.7 | 58 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2016 | 88 | 130 | 1.5 | 67 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2015 | 75 | 111 | 1.5 | 57 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2014 | 83 | 126 | 1.5 | 67 | 0.81 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hadleigh Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.5applications per place
- 0.2 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade202554%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · EssexStandards maintained20244.2applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 2.1 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20231.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 2.4 km · Southend-on-SeaRemains Good20241.9applications per place
- 2.4 km · Southend-on-Sea202684%met the SATs standard
- 2.5 km · EssexRemains Good20223.7applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 2.7 km · EssexGood20232.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.0 km · Southend-on-SeaStandards maintained20251.6applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 137027 · 881/5254
- Trust
- Hadleigh Infants and Nursery School (ACADEMY)
- Capacity
- 348 pupils · 302 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School (URN 115294)
- Address
- Bilton Road, Hadleigh, Benfleet, SS7 2HQ
- Local authority
- Essex · Castle Point
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