Schools in Benfleet
Benfleet, on the southern edge of Essex, has 18 schools including 12 primaries and 3 secondaries - The King John School, The Appleton School and The Deanes. Essex County Council co-ordinates maintained school admissions here, with primary catchments generally drawn around measured straight-line distances from the school gate.
The secondary sector is dominated by converter academies that each set their own oversubscription criteria. The Deanes operates a designated catchment zone, while King John and The Appleton use proximity after sibling and looked-after children priorities. Castle Point and Rochford are the combined admissions authority area, so applying to schools just across the district boundary requires checking each school's individual policy on the Essex admissions portal.
School demand in Benfleet
Across the 17 schools in Benfleet with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 103%. 9 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
1 school in Benfleet has a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in its admissions policy.
15 of the schools in Benfleet are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Essex, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
8 of the schools in Benfleet have a current Ofsted rating, of which 7 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Benfleet: 5 oversubscribed (12)
Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Academy converter
Benfleet · SS7 2HQ
South Benfleet Primary School
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Benfleet · SS7 5HA
Westwood Academy
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Benfleet · SS7 2SU
The Robert Drake Primary School
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Benfleet · SS7 3HT
Jotmans Hall Primary School
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Benfleet · SS7 5RG
Kents Hill Infant Academy
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Benfleet · SS7 5PS
Kents Hill Junior School
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Benfleet · SS7 5PS
Montgomerie Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Benfleet · SS7 4LW
Woodham Ley Primary School
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Benfleet · SS7 4DN
Thundersley Primary School
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Benfleet · SS7 3PT
Hadleigh Junior School
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Benfleet · SS7 2DQ
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
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Benfleet · SS7 5PX
Secondary Schools in Benfleet (3)
The King John School
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Benfleet · SS7 1RQ
The Appleton School
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Benfleet · SS7 5RN
The Deanes
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Benfleet · SS7 2TD
Other Schools in Benfleet (3)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Benfleet are set by Essex and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.