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Harris Academy Benfleet
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy
Croft Road, Benfleet SS7 5RN · harrisbenfleet.org.uk · 01268 794215
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Essex 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,597
- 97 over 1,500 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 18.4%
- First language not English
- 7.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Harris Federation
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 203 families put the school first and 297 places were offered; 97% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 297 | 203 | 0.7 | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 296 | 218 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 270 | 216 | 0.8 | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 268 | 275 | 1▲ | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 300 | 300 | 1 | 94% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.6, and 31.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Essex it was 45.1, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (35.6 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼31.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼57.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ●38.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.45 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 31.1 | +4.5 |
| Further education | 52 | −5.6 |
| Other education | 0.4 | −0.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.4 | −1.4 |
| Employment | 2.8 | −2.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.5 | +2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 5.9 | +3.1 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 65 students | B- (35.6) | Average +0.06 | |
| 65 students | B- (36) | Average +0.08 | |
| 30 students | Dist (34.3) | Average +0.29 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 86 | C (29.6) | -0.09 |
| 2022/23 | 59 | C (28.5) | — |
| 2021/22 | 80 | C+ (34.1) | — |
| 2018/19 | 76 | C (30.1) | -0.24 |
| 2017/18 | 65 | C+ (31.8) | -0.25 |
| 2016/17 | 76 | C- (28.3) | -0.04 |
| 2015/16 | 54 | C- (27.2) | -0.36 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 46.4 | +8.5 |
| Other education | 0.9 | −0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.5 | −11.3 |
| Employment | 30.9 | −4.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 10.9 | +5.6 |
| Activity not captured | 5.5 | +2.3 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Harris Academy Benfleet was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 19 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Jul 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Jun 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
58% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (228 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 58%
- Replies
- 228
- 15% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 48 parents (21%) with SEND