Living in Benfleet with children
Benfleet, Essex. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
16 schools: 12 state primary, 3 state secondary, 1 sixth form or collegeBenfleet on the schools map →Every school in Benfleet, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (12)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Robert Drake Primary School | Good | Top 8% (28/398) in Essex | — |
| South Benfleet Primary School | Standards maintained | Top 15% (58/398) in Essex | 0.852 miles (2025) |
| Kents Hill Junior School | School remains Good | Top 19% (72/398) in Essex | — |
| Montgomerie Primary School | School remains Good | Top 32% (125/398) in Essex | 0.67 miles (2025) |
| Woodham Ley Primary School | Good | Top 38% (148/398) in Essex | 1.7 miles (2025) |
| Thundersley Primary School | Good | Top 45% (179/398) in Essex | 5.46 miles (2025) |
| Jotmans Hall Primary School | Requires improvement | Top 46% (180/398) in Essex | — |
| Hadleigh Junior School | Good | (296/398) in Essex | — |
| Westwood Academy | Standards maintained | (324/398) in Essex | 0.321 miles (2025) |
| Holy Family Catholic Primary School | Good | (359/398) in Essex | — |
| Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School | Standards maintained | — | — |
| Kents Hill Infant Academy | Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The King John School | Ofsted report card | Top 18% (13/73) in Essex | — |
| Harris Academy Benfleet | Standards maintained | (61/73) in Essex | — |
| The Deanes | Good | (70/73) in Essex | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| USP College | Good | (44/52) in Essex | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)We don't hold Land Registry sales for Benfleet yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Benfleet →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 78% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 1,061 postcodes in SS7. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 3 outstanding; 10 good, or expected standard. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £7.58 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 13 in Essex.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Essex
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Essex.
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