Kenningtons Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school South Ockendon, Thurrock·RM15 4NB
Composite score
79.4
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National rank
#80
In East of England
#3
In Thurrock
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
88%
% achieving higher RWM
19%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
55 first choices, 59 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
100
any preference, for 59 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020221.1320230.8620240.8420250.932026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Thurrock does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Kenningtons Primary Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
415
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
25.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,585
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Kenningtons Primary Academy at a glance

Located in South Ockendon, Thurrock, Kenningtons Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 415 pupils aged 3 to 11. 88% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 9.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 19% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 96% of the families who made Kenningtons Primary 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 4.7%. There are about 21.4 pupils per teacher. Kenningtons Primary Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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.

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