Primary schools in Halstead
11 primary schools in Halstead, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Halstead in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 11 schools in Halstead first 257 times for 258 places: 1.00 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Essex authority's 411 schools. 3 of the 11 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 3 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 1.07 miles (St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead) to 3.81 miles (St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Gosfield Community Primary School
- Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Great Yeldham
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead
- St Giles' Church of England Primary School
- St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh
- St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Toppesfield
- St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible Hedingham
- de Vere Primary School
- Richard de Clare Community Academy
- Ridgewell Church of England Primary School
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