Blenheim Primary School, Leigh-on-Sea

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Blenheim Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 76% and 74% in Southend-on-Sea and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (73% in reading, 78% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 68 families put Blenheim Primary School as their first choice and 218 named it as one of their preferences, for 86 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Blenheim Primary School are Darlinghurst Academy (0.4 miles, Good, 73% reading, 74% maths); Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 82% reading, 71% maths); Eastwood Primary School & Nursery (0.6 miles); and Fairways Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 75% reading, 80% maths).

Blenheim Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Blenheim Primary School is one of 14 schools run by Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

118 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Blenheim Primary School (as of September 2025): 76% would recommend the school, 92% say their child is happy there and 70% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (92%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (70%).

9.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (74%), Mixed (10%) and Asian (9%).

In 2026, 64 pupils (9.8%) received SEN support and 49 (7.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Blenheim Primary School has a resourced provision for autism: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.

Blenheim Primary School had 39 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Chalkwell Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School Way (adjacent), 220 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Blenheim Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 174 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Southend-on-Sea (318).

In 2024/25, Blenheim Primary School issued 6 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Blenheim Primary School are Westcliff High School for Girls (0.4 miles), St Thomas More High School (0.4 miles), Westcliff High School for Boys Academy (0.4 miles) and The Eastwood Academy (0.5 miles).