Hadleigh Junior School
Church Road, Benfleet, SS7 2DQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- SOUTH EAST ESSEX ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Jennifer Cole
- Sponsor
- South East Essex Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Castle Point
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 357
- URN
- 145548
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01702558619
About this school
Hadleigh Junior School is a primary academy in Benfleet. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 357 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Hadleigh Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 77 | 77 | 87 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 47% | 54% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 5% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 75% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 82% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 75% | 79% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.40 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Hadleigh Junior School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 47% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 54% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 320 |
| 2023/24 | 342 |
| 2024/25 | 342 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hadleigh Junior School compares
Hadleigh Junior School ranked 290th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54% | 5% | 18.7% | 357 | — |
| Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School | — | 6.6% | 10% | 302 | 0.1 miles |
| Westwood Academy | 50% | 5.4% | 10% | 247 | 0.6 miles |
| Fairways Primary School | 70% | 4.7% | 18.9% | 407 | 1.4 miles |
| West Leigh Infant School | — | 3.4% | 3.6% | 360 | 1.5 miles |
| West Leigh Junior School | 84% | 3.3% | 7% | 526 | 1.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.71%
- English as an additional language
- 2.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.96%
- Persistent absence
- 11.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School0.1 miles
Primary · Benfleet
-
Westwood Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Benfleet
-
Fairways Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Leigh-on-Sea
-
West Leigh Infant School1.5 miles
Primary · Leigh-on-Sea
-
West Leigh Junior School1.5 miles
Primary · Leigh-on-Sea
Other schools in Benfleet
Hadleigh Junior School ranks 8th of the 10 ranked primary schools in Benfleet.
- Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School Primary
- Jotmans Hall Primary School Primary
- Kents Hill Infant Academy Primary
- Kents Hill Junior School Primary
- Montgomerie Primary School Primary
- South Benfleet Primary School Primary
- The Robert Drake Primary School Primary
- Thundersley Primary School Primary
- Westwood Academy Primary
- Woodham Ley Primary School Primary
- The Appleton School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Hadleigh Junior School teach?
- Hadleigh Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Benfleet.
- Who is the headteacher of Hadleigh Junior School?
- The headteacher of Hadleigh Junior School is Miss Jennifer Cole, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Hadleigh Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hadleigh Junior School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Hadleigh Junior School?
- Hadleigh Junior School has 357 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Hadleigh Junior School full?
- Hadleigh Junior School has capacity for 360 pupils and 357 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Hadleigh Junior School a faith school?
- No. Hadleigh Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Is Hadleigh Junior School part of an academy trust?
- Hadleigh Junior School is part of SOUTH EAST ESSEX ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Hadleigh Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 54% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hadleigh Junior School compare with other schools in Essex?
- Hadleigh Junior School ranked 290th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 28% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 61% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hadleigh Junior School's absence rate?
- Hadleigh Junior School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hadleigh Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hadleigh Junior School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.