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Greensted Primary School & Nursery

Primary · Basildon · SS14 1RX

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 22 October 2024

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At a glance

520 pupils · 124% of 420 capacity (over capacity)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.8% of pupils
English as additional language
16% of pupils
SEN support
9.7% of pupils
EHC plan
3.4% of pupils
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.greensted.essex.sch.uk
URN
138604

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.22 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 73 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

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)

60 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
72%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school72%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
Essex average63.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedResult
Parkland Primary School South WigstonWigston · 98 miles awayGood52%
Shears Green Junior SchoolGravesend · 12 miles awayGood52%
Heathfield Primary SchoolDarlington · 221 miles awayGood68%
Sir Francis Hill Community Primary SchoolLincoln · 122 miles awayRequires improvement47%
The Flying High AcademyMansfield · 131 miles awayGood72%
Southway Primary SchoolBognor Regis · 74 miles awayGood52%
Somers Heath Primary SchoolSouth Ockendon · 10 miles awayExpected standard81%
Pear Tree Mead AcademyHarlow · 20 miles awayGood62%
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolBolton · 182 miles awayExpected standard58%
The Crescent Primary SchoolEastleigh · 90 miles awayGood62%
Flowery Field Primary SchoolHyde · 169 miles awayNo current grade75%
Hamstead Primary SchoolBirmingham · 123 miles awayGood67%

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.5%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.9%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

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

This school£5,869
Typical primary school£6,959

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher15.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications29.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work18.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways33.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health40.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier38.9%62.3%
Social housing49.5%17.1%
Privately rented11.5%20.5%
Detached houses3%22.9%
Flats34.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms8.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van26.6%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01021327 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,362 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£305,000399 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£269,000–£345,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (23)£425,000
Semi-detached (45)£365,000
Terraced (259)£305,000
Flat (72)£184,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
7an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.8
All reported collisions
55an urban school averages 30.6
Of those, serious or fatal
12an urban school averages 6.1

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other urban schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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