Kents Hill Junior School

Kents Hill Junior School continues to demonstrate good performance, characterized by a supportive environment where pupils feel happy and safe. Strong relationships between staff and students enable effective responses to individual needs, fostering an atmosphere where expectations for behavior and academic participation are clear. The school promotes a range of personal development opportunities, helping pupils engage in different cultures and develop key life skills. The recent ungraded inspection has confirmed that the school maintains its high standards despite the challenges posed by the pandemic.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and safe at school.
• Staff and pupils have strong relationships.
• High expectations for behavior and work participation.
• Effective strategies for supporting pupils with SEND.
• Well-structured reading program that supports fluency and comprehension.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers.
• Robust personal development program.
• School curriculum extends beyond the national curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• Some parents of pupils with SEND do not feel supported effectively.

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 Kents Hill Junior School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.0% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Kents Hill Junior 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 Kents Hill Junior School had 21.7 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, 13.7% of pupils at Kents Hill Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.4% 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 Kents Hill Junior School received £6,205 and spent £6,065 for each of its 348 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £273,000 (£784 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of The Epsilon Star Trust, income was £6,180 and spending £6,133 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

Kents Hill Junior School is part of The Epsilon Star Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

• Lubbins Park Primary Academy Canvey Island

What is Kents Hill Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kents Hill Junior School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Kents Hill Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kents Hill Junior School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Kents Hill Junior School have?

Kents Hill Junior School has 343 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kents Hill Junior School cover?

Kents Hill Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Kents Hill Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Kents Hill Junior School?

Kents Hill Junior School is at Kents Hill Road, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 5PS.