Academy converter · Essex

Jotmans Hall Primary School

5–11Ages
304Pupils
PrimaryPhase
137247URN

High Road, Benfleet, SS7 5RG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.1per place

0.7 above Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

92 applications for 30 places · 72nd of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

67%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 3 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management		Requires improvement
Early years provision		Requires improvement

Inspection history

3 July 2024
Graded inspection: Requires improvement
11 May 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry

3.1applications per place, Reception

0.7 above Essex median (2.4) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

92 applications · 30 places offered · 28 named it first

2026 3.1; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.6; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.8; Essex median median 2.4
2023 3.1; Essex median median 2.4
2022 3.0; Essex median median 2.4
2021 2.8; Essex median median 2.3
2020 3.5; Essex median median 2.4
2019 3.0; Essex median median 2.5
2018 3.6; Essex median median 2.5
2017 2.8; Essex median median 2.6
2016 3.7; Essex median median 2.8
2015 3.1; Essex median median 2.7
2014 2.3; Essex median median 2.8

More applications per place than the Essex median in 12 of 13 years.

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	30	92	3.1	28	0.93
Sep 2025	35	91	2.6	34	0.97
Sep 2024	45	126	2.8	41	0.91
Sep 2023	45	140	3.1	50	1.11
Sep 2022	43	129	3.0	38	0.88
Sep 2021	45	126	2.8	40	0.89
Sep 2020	45	157	3.5	44	0.98
Sep 2019	44	131	3.0	34	0.77
Sep 2018	45	162	3.6	55	1.22
Sep 2017	45	124	2.8	41	0.91
Sep 2016	42	154	3.7	47	1.12
Sep 2015	42	128	3.1	35	0.83
Sep 2014	42	98	2.3	40	0.95

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 71% · Maths 76% → all three 67% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard67%170th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard84%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard24%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard71%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth9%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard76%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard22%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

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Essex median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	67%	9%	104	105
2023/24	42%	0%	102	100
2022/23	55%	2%	105	104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Jotmans Hall Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Requires improvement2024

3.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Kents Hill Infant Academy
0.8 km · Essex

Good2024

2.3applications per place
Kents Hill Junior School
0.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

77%met the SATs standard
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
0.9 km · Essex

Good2023

2.5applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
Woodham Ley Primary School
1.1 km · Essex

Good2023

3.3applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
South Benfleet Primary School
1.2 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

1.9applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Montgomerie Primary School
1.3 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
The Robert Drake Primary School
1.6 km · Essex

Good2024

3.5applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
St Margaret's Church of England Academy, Bowers Gifford
1.6 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.8applications per place 32%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 137247 · 881/5211
Trust: Robus Multi Academy Trust
Capacity: 315 pupils · 304 on roll
Free school meals: 18.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 August 2011
Replaced: Jotmans Hall Primary School (URN 115251)
Address: High Road, Benfleet, SS7 5RG
Local authority: Essex · Castle Point

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources