Kents Hill Infant Academy
Key Stage 2 performance
Kents Hill Infant Academy is an infant school for pupils aged 2–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.
This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Kents Hill Infant Academy yet. Essex does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
Ofsted judgements
School profile
- Age range
- 2–7
- Pupils on roll
- 243
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
School overview
Kents Hill Infant Academy is a primary school serving Benfleet, Essex, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 243 pupils aged 2 to 7 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Kents Hill Infant Academy 'Good'.
97% of the families who made Kents Hill Infant Academy their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 6.4%. There are about 23.8 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.