The King John School
Shipwrights Drive, Thundersley, Benfleet, SS7 1RQ
Local ranking12th of 79 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
2000
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 49.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.3% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 50.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 324
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 45.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 16.0%
- Employment
- 27.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
37.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
38.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
207
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 6.6% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 462
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 2108
- Boys
- 1063 (50%)
- Girls
- 1045 (50%)
- Capacity
- 2000 (105% full)
- SEND
- 14.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.0%
- EAL
- 2.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.2%
- SEN Support
- 13.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 112.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,978/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 14.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 81.8%
- Black Other: 4.3%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Black Caribbean: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
81.8%
White British
4.3%
Black Other
2.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136577
- UKPRN
- 10033419
- Establishment No.
- 5403
- Trust
- ZENITH MULTI ACADEMY TRUST