Benyon Primary School
School Name: Benyon Primary School Address: Tyssen Place Town/City: South Ockendon County: Essex Postcode: RM15 6PG Telephone Number: 01708 853200 Website: www.benyonprimaryschool.org.uk
Phase: Primary (ages 2-11) Type: Academy sponsor led Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective Established: 2013 Trust: Catalyst Academies Trust Sponsor: Catalyst Academies Trust
Head Teacher: Headteacher Samantha Oxley
Capacity: 480
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 15 January 2026:
Number of pupils: 431 (46% boys & 54% girls)
Enrollment: 90% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 19.2%
URN: 139382
DfE Number: 883/2003
UKPRN: 10040752
UPRN: 100091632075
Region: East of England (E12000006)
District: Thurrock (E06000034)
Constituency: Thurrock (E14001546)
Electoral Ward: Ockendon (E05016316)
Easting & Northing: 559287E, 183060N
Latitude & Longitude: 51° 31' 28.66" N 0° 17' 41.37" E
Plus Code: 9F32G7FV+VW
DfE Record: View record
- Bonnygate Primary School (1.3km)
- Harris Academy Ockendon (1.7km)
- Shaw Primary Academy (1.8km)
- Beacon Hill Academy (1.8km)
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School (2.2km)
- Dilkes Academy (2.3km)
- Somers Heath Primary School (2.5km)
- Park Academy (3.5km)
- William Edwards School (3.5km)
- Kenningtons Primary Academy (3.5km)
Same trust
Same sponsor Predecessor school†
- Ms Rita Ajidagba - Local Governor. Appointed on 26 June 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 16 March 2026.
- Mr Ebrahim Ali - Local Governor. Appointed on 13 March 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 13 March 2027.
- Ms Daiana Dobrescu - Local Governor. Appointed on 12 March 2026 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 12 March 2028.
- Ms Ally-anne Everest - Local Governor. Appointed on 27 November 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 27 November 2027.
- Miss Angela Tara Frankland - Chair of Local Governing Body. Appointed on 18 November 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 31 August 2026.
- Ms Fikayo Haastrup-Sode - Local Governor. Appointed on 27 November 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 27 November 2027.
- Ms Charlotte Hughes - Local Governor. Appointed on 27 June 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 22 May 2026.
- Ms Marion Kidney - Local Governor. Appointed on 18 November 2025 (Elected by school staff). Term runs until 18 November 2027.
- Mr Christian Mather - Local Governor. Appointed on 13 March 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 13 March 2027.
- Mrs Victoria Mehmet - Local Governor. Appointed on 16 December 2024 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 16 December 2026.
- Mrs Samantha Oxley - Local Governor. Appointed on 1 September 2018 (Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal).
- Mr Ben Read - Local Governor. Appointed on 28 November 2024 (Elected by school staff). Term runs until 23 July 2026.
- Mrs Helen Rice - Local Governor. Appointed on 14 March 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 31 August 2026.
- Mrs Sinead Viner - Local Governor. Appointed on 1 September 2021 (Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal).
- Mrs Samantha Wakeling - Local Governor. Appointed on 14 March 2019 (Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal).
- Mr Keith Williams - Local Governor. Appointed on 14 March 2025 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 12 March 2026.