Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Essex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry138 applications · 59 places offered · 58 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
- 2025 2.6; Essex median median 2.4
- 2024 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
- 2023 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
- 2022 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
- 2021 2.2; Essex median median 2.3
- 2020 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
- 2019 2.4; Essex median median 2.5
- 2018 2.2; Essex median median 2.5
- 2017 2.6; Essex median median 2.6
- 2016 2.6; Essex median median 2.8
- 2015 2.1; Essex median median 2.7
- 2014 2.5; 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 | 59 | 138 | 2.3 | 58 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 55 | 141 | 2.6 | 51 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2024 | 58 | 124 | 2.1 | 42 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2023 | 63 | 146 | 2.3 | 47 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2022 | 68 | 155 | 2.3 | 58 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2021 | 66 | 146 | 2.2 | 53 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2020 | 79 | 184 | 2.3 | 51 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2019 | 82 | 194 | 2.4 | 64 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2018 | 90 | 201 | 2.2 | 60 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2017 | 80 | 207 | 2.6 | 58 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2016 | 84 | 220 | 2.6 | 66 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2015 | 90 | 192 | 2.1 | 67 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2014 | 80 | 196 | 2.5 | 73 | 0.91 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Kents Hill Infant AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.3applications per place
- 0.0 km · EssexRemains Good202377%met the SATs standard
- 0.2 km · EssexGood20232.5applications per place 43%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · EssexRequires improvement20243.1applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · EssexStandards maintained20251.9applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · EssexOutstanding20234.9applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · EssexGood20243.5applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · EssexGood20233.3applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · EssexRemains Good20232.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 137395 · 881/2971
- Capacity
- 238 pupils · 239 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Kents Hill Infant School (URN 115050)
- Address
- Kents Hill Road, Benfleet, SS7 5PS
- Local authority
- Essex · Castle Point
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources