Kents Hill Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · Benfleet, Essex
Kents Hill Infant Academy is a primary school in Benfleet, Essex for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2024.
Key facts
- Address
- Kents Hill Road, Benfleet, SS7 5PS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 239 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “Kents Hill Infant Academy is a welcoming and inclusive school where pupils are happy.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
- “They feel safe in the nurturing environment that staff have created.”
To improve
- “However, teachers have not focused on ensuring pupils can communicate consistently well what they know through their writing in all areas of the curriculum.”
- “As a result, a few pupils cannot demonstrate what they have achieved in their written work.”
- “On occasions, in lessons, some pupils lose focus on their learning and, therefore, do not always follow teachers’ high expectations of behaviour.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 58 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 56 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- Kents Hill Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Holy Family Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Good
- Jotmans Hall Primary School 0.5 mi Requires improvement
- South Benfleet Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained
- Kingston Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding
- The Robert Drake Primary School 0.8 mi Good
- Woodham Ley Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- Montgomerie Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good