About our school...
- South Benfleet Primary School caters for children from the September after their fourth birthday right up until they are eleven years old and transfer to secondary school.
- We are a large primary school with around 400 pupils organised into 14 classes. We are fortunate to be able to offer single year group classes i.e. no mixed age year group classes.
- We are proud of the school buildings which are of a traditional design and layout but are being continuously updated and improved.
- In recent years we have added a purpose built computer suite and a new library, we have in recentl times purchased some unused tennis courts behind the school and are fundraising to turn them into a play and multisports space.
- We make good use of our own school field and swimming pool
- We have several successful school sports teams
- We have recently completed a brand new purpose built Foundation Stage ( 4-5 year olds) unit with attached play areas
- We have excellent and supportive parents who actively support the school and its aims.
- The Parent Teacher Association meets regularly to arrange fun and fundraising events
Please follow these links to see our most recent Ofsted report and a summary of our most recent SATSs test results
An extract from the programme of the opening ceremony of the school in 1926
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ESSEX EDUCATION COMMITTEE ROCHFORD DISTRICT. SOUTH BENFLEET COUNCIL SCHOOL. Friday, 9th April, 1926, at 3 p.m The Chairman of the Rochford District Education Committee (Mr. T. W. Moss, J.P.) will preside.
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A Brief History of South Benfleet Primary School
South Benfleet School was opened on April 9th 1926 as an ‘all age’ school, to serve the educational needs of the whole of South Benfleet. The school was built to replace the 'Old School' situated in School Lane near the station (now a car park !). Later in 1930 the Infants were reorganised into a separate school on the same site. With the post war reorganisation under the 1944 Education Act and the opening of the King John Secondary School, the Junior School concerned itself with the education of children between 7 and 11, and the Infant School with children of 5- 7 years. In 1984 the two schools amalgamated to form the South Benfleet County Primary School. In September 1993 the school acquired Grant Maintained status, ending local authority control but still leaving the school in the state system. In 1999 the school’s status changed again, this time to Foundation. The Governors retain ownership of the building, employ staff and act as the school’s admissions authority
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