Hadleigh Junior School

Hadleigh Junior School is a happy, calm and welcoming school where pupils are confident, independent learners and behaviour is exceptional. The quality of education is good, with an ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum, effective teaching and strong support for pupils with SEND. Pupils achieve well across a broad range of subjects, and personal development is outstanding, supported by an exceptional range of enrichment experiences and meaningful pupil roles.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, confident and independent learners
• Behaviour is exceptional and pupils show care and empathy
• The school is calm, safe and welcoming
• The curriculum is ambitious, well sequenced and implemented well
• Staff use effective questioning and revisit learning to check understanding
• Pupils with SEND have their needs identified promptly and learn the same curriculum as their peers
• Pupils enjoy reading and benefit from a reading curriculum covering a range of text types
• Pupils benefit from an exceptional range of enrichment experiences
• Pupils take on roles such as prefects, eco-warriors and pupil parliament members
• Leaders, governors and trustees are thoughtful and strive to improve
• Staff feel well supported and leaders consider their workload
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• The reading strategy is not equally well embedded in all classes
• In some classes, pupils do not have individual books well matched to their reading stage, limiting fluency practice
• The trust needs to ensure the school's reading approach is implemented equally successfully across all classes

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 Hadleigh Junior School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.8% 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, 1.5% of pupils at Hadleigh 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 Hadleigh Junior School had 20.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.0% 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, 12.3% of pupils at Hadleigh Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Hadleigh Junior School received £6,202 and spent £6,177 for each of its 342 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £138,000 (£402 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of South East Essex Academy Trust, income was £7,331 and spending £7,262 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

Hadleigh Junior School is part of South East Essex Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• The Deanes Benfleet
• Westcliff High School for Girls Westcliff-On-Sea
• Heycroft Primary School Leigh-On-Sea
• The Cornelius Vermuyden School Canvey Island
• Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery Westcliff-On-Sea
• The Westborough School Westcliff-On-Sea
• Rochford Primary and Nursery School Rochford
• Holt Farm Junior School Rochford

What is Hadleigh Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hadleigh Junior School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Hadleigh Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hadleigh Junior School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Hadleigh Junior School have?

Hadleigh Junior School has 357 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hadleigh Junior School cover?

Hadleigh Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hadleigh Junior School?

Hadleigh Junior School is at Church Road, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 2DQ.