Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School
Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School is a converter academy in Benfleet for boys and girls aged 3 to 7. It has 302 pupils and room for 348. About 8 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
Bilton Road, Hadleigh, Benfleet, SS7 2HQ01702 557979hadleigh-inf.essex.sch.ukMrs Lucy Fynn headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Fewer than one place in twenty is empty, so in most years more families apply than there are places. Living close by, or already having a child here, makes a real difference. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.
How places were given out for September 2026. The last place was given under this rule: Criterion 7.
| Entry | Places | Applied at all | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | 90 | 110 | – | LA |
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (22), emotional and mental health (9), Autistic spectrum disorder (4), Specific learning difficulty (4), Other difficulty or disability (1), Physical disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 302 | 308 | 313 | 325 | 323 | 307 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 8% | 9% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 14% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 1% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 9% | 10% | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2018/19 | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 6.6% | 7.0% | 6.4% | 6.0% | 2.6% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 4.1% | 3.8% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 1.7% | 3.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 2.5% | 3.3% | 1.9% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.6% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 18.6% | 16.4% | 21.0% | 16.4% | 3.4% | 9.1% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 5.8 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadleigh Junior School | Academy | 210 m | 357 | No overall grade 2025 | 48 | Compare |
| Westwood Academy | Academy | 910 m | 247 | Not inspected | 25 | Compare |
| Fairways Primary School | Council | 1.3 miles | 407 | Good 2023 | 50 | Compare |
| West Leigh Infant School | Council | 1.5 miles | 360 | Good 2024 | 57 | Compare |
| West Leigh Junior School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 526 | Report card 2026 | 92 | Compare |
| Wyburns Primary School | Academy | 1.6 miles | 187 | Good 2022 | 22 | Compare |
| Thundersley Primary School | Academy | 1.7 miles | 423 | Good 2023 | 68 | Compare |
| Edwards Hall Primary School | Academy | 1.8 miles | 411 | Not inspected | 87 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School yet.
How many pupils does Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School have?
302 pupils aged 3 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 348 places, so it is 87% full.
Is Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School oversubscribed?
Often. Fewer than one place in twenty was empty in 2024/25, so popular year groups fill up.
What is attendance like at Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School?
Pupils were in school 93.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 19% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School?
The average class had 28.7 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Bilton Road, Hadleigh, Benfleet, SS7 2HQ
- Telephone
- 01702 557979
- Website
- www.hadleigh-inf.essex.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lucy Fynn
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-7, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Single-academy trust
- Hadleigh Infants and Nursery School (Academy) (1 schools)
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward
- Hadleigh St James
- Constituency
- Castle Point
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 August 2011 (academy converter)
- URN
- 137027 · LAESTAB 8815254 · UKPRN 10034691
- Formerly
- Hadleigh Infant and Nursery School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Essex council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.