Leigh Beck Infant School and Nursery Academy

Academy sponsor led·Infant school Canvey Island, Essex·SS8 7TD

School type

Infant school

Ages 2–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Leigh Beck Infant School and Nursery 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

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

63 first choices, 74 places

First choices per place

0.85

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

116

any preference, for 74 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0020220.9920230.9720240.9420250.852026

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

Every child who put Leigh Beck Infant School and Nursery Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range: 2–7
Pupils on roll: 295
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

18.0%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

4.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

2.7%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

2.4%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

13.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

32.0

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£5,882

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Leigh Beck Junior School Canvey Island · 0.0 mi 66.5 Lubbins Park Primary Academy Canvey Island · 0.7 mi 72.2 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery Canvey Island · 1.2 mi 56.3 William Read Primary Academy Canvey Island · 1.6 mi 34.4 St Katherine's Church of England Primary School Canvey Island · 1.6 mi 43.4 Winter Gardens Academy Canvey Island · 1.6 mi 36.8 Canvey Junior School Canvey Island · 1.8 mi 69.1 Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy Canvey Island · 2.1 mi 56.9

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Leigh Beck Infant School and Nursery Academy

Leigh Beck Infant School and Nursery Academy is a primary school in Canvey Island, Essex, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 295 pupils aged 2 to 7 attend the school.

Leigh Beck Infant School and Nursery Academy was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 63 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 32.0 pupils per teacher. Leigh Beck Infant School and Nursery 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.