The King John School
Shipwrights Drive, Thundersley, Benfleet, SS7 1RQ
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: Yes
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 2,098 (1,057 boys, 1,041 girls)
- Capacity: 2000
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 12%
- Telephone: 01702558284
- Ofsted: Good (7 Jul 2021); report card, no overall grade (inspected 20 Jan 2026)
- Attainment 8: 51.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 1097 applications, 346 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
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