St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh
Primary · Halstead · CO9 2NH
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 6 July 2023
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97 pupils · 92% of 105 capacity
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 1.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 33.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 5.1% of pupils
- URN
- 115137
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.87 first-choice applications per place15 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
10 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
96% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 15 March 2017: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead
- The Ramsey Academy, Halstead
- Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery
- St Giles' Church of England Primary School
- Richard de Clare Community Academy
- St Andrew's Bulmer Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School