Jotmans Hall Primary School

Jotmans Hall Primary School is currently rated as 'Requires Improvement' overall, experiencing challenges particularly in the quality of education and leadership and management. While the school has fostered a positive environment that prioritizes attendance, happiness, and safety, its educational delivery is inconsistent. Many students enjoy attending school, but their ability to demonstrate understanding varies due to unclear instruction and feedback, suggesting that the recent curriculum refinements need urgent attention to ensure all students can succeed. Despite these concerns, there are notable strengths in the school's extracurricular offerings and a supportive atmosphere that promotes personal development. Pupils engage in various activities, including music and sports, and have opportunities to take on leadership roles, which contribute positively to their confidence and social skills. The school has made strides in improving phonics and reading programs, though staff support and consistent communication with parents of pupils with special educational needs are areas requiring further work.

Strengths

• Positive emphasis on regular attendance, happiness, and safety.
• Strong extracurricular clubs that engage and broaden pupils' horizons.
• Effective tracking and communication regarding pupil attendance.
• Proactive approach to inclusion with initiatives supporting diverse needs.
• Personal development programs promoting confidence and responsibility.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent quality of education impacting pupils' understanding.
• Incomplete curriculum refinement hindering effective teaching.
• Lapses in communication with parents regarding SEND support.
• Insufficient feedback for staff on teaching quality.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Jotmans Hall Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.6% of pupils at Jotmans Hall Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Jotmans Hall Primary School had 25.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 23.4% of pupils at Jotmans Hall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Jotmans Hall Primary School received £6,149 and spent £6,270 for each of its 315 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £221,000 (£702 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Robus Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,307 and spending £6,279 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Benfleet · Essex local authority: places and applications

Jotmans Hall Primary School is part of Robus Multi Academy Trust, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

• Woodham Ley Primary School Benfleet
• Montgomerie Primary School Benfleet
• Kingston Primary School Thundersley
• Thundersley Primary School Benfleet

What is Jotmans Hall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Jotmans Hall Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Jotmans Hall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Jotmans Hall Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Jotmans Hall Primary School have?

Jotmans Hall Primary School has 304 pupils on roll.

What age range does Jotmans Hall Primary School cover?

Jotmans Hall Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

What are Jotmans Hall Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Jotmans Hall Primary School?

Jotmans Hall Primary School is at High Road, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 5RG.