The King John School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C66
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Benfleet, SS7 1RQ
- Distance
- 1.4km away
The Deanes
Daws Heath Road, Thundersley, Benfleet, SS7 2TD
Local ranking71st of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 26 September 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 32.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 14.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 30.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 111
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Continued in education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 587
- Boys
- 309 (53%)
- Girls
- 279 (47%)
- Capacity
- 600 (98% full)
- SEND
- 29.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.0%
- EAL
- 2.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 9.9%
- SEN Support
- 19.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,963/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.8%
- Black African: 1.9%
- White Other: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Black Other: 0.6%
- White Irish: 0.4%
89.8%
White British
1.9%
Black African
1.7%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Daws Heath Road
Benfleet, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 143639
- UKPRN
- 10061366
- Establishment No.
- 4018
- Trust
- SOUTH EAST ESSEX ACADEMY TRUST
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