Leigh Beck Junior School

Leigh Beck Junior School demonstrates a strong overall performance, characterized by effective leadership and a supportive learning environment. The school has established a culture of safety and well-being, ensuring that all students feel secure. Pupils are well prepared for their next educational stages and show proficiency in their academic endeavors, particularly in reading and mathematics. The school effectively supports disadvantaged students and those with special educational needs, enabling them to achieve commendable results. However, there are areas where writing skills could improve more rapidly, signaling a need for consistent enhancements in teaching practices across the board.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with clear systems to monitor educational quality
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities
• Good engagement with parents and a proactive approach to their involvement
• Ambitious curriculum that prepares pupils well for future learning
• Pupils demonstrate positive behaviors and attitudes towards learning

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent improvement in pupils' handwriting, grammar, punctuation, and spelling
• Need for ongoing training to ensure high-quality teaching is embedded across all subjects

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 Leigh Beck Junior School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.9% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Leigh Beck 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 Leigh Beck Junior School had 25.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.2% 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, 15.4% of pupils at Leigh Beck Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 Leigh Beck Junior School received £6,365 and spent £6,107 for each of its 325 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £102,000 (£314 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Lion Academy Trust, income was £7,997 and spending £8,136 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 Canvey Island · Essex local authority: places and applications

Leigh Beck Junior School is part of Lion Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Maple Grove Primary School Basildon
• Limebrook Primary School and Nursery Maldon
• Barclay Primary School London
• Thomas Gamuel Primary School London
• Sybourn Primary School London
• Brook House Primary School London
• Warwick Academy Wellingborough
• Ruskin Infant School Wellingborough
• Ruskin Academy Wellingborough
• Olympic Primary Wellingborough

What is Leigh Beck Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Leigh Beck Junior School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Leigh Beck Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Leigh Beck Junior School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Leigh Beck Junior School have?

Leigh Beck Junior School has 319 pupils on roll.

What age range does Leigh Beck Junior School cover?

Leigh Beck Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Leigh Beck Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Leigh Beck Junior School?

Leigh Beck Junior School is at Point Road, 43 Brindwood Road, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 7TD.