Harris Academy Benfleet

Academy converterSecondaryAges 11–19MixedSixth form

Croft Road, Benfleet, SS7 5RN

Headteacher · Sarah Cox

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 18 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils1,597Capacity 1,500

OfstedStandards maintainedInspected 20 November 2024

TrustHarris Federation

Free school meals18.4%

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 20 November 2024.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Essex council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

197 of the 203 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered297

Applications761

First choice203

First-choice offers197

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).