South Benfleet Primary School
High Road, Benfleet, SS7 5HA
414 pupils · 99% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SOUTH BENFLEET PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 6.5%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 January 2025, published 6 February 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 78% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 17% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.97 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 59 | 57 | 114 | 59 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 62 | 125 | 60 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 77 | 146 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 72 | 146 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 69 | 144 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 60 | 61 | 133 | 60 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 83 | 167 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 58 | 78 | 166 | 58 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Kents Hill Junior School 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Kents Hill Infant Academy 0.9 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 1.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Jotmans Hall Primary School 1.2 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Kingston Primary School 1.9 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- The Robert Drake Primary School 2.1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.