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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) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
23.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
16% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.greensted.essex.sch.uk
URN
138604

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 73 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.22 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.519 miles, the only Reception round we hold for it. At its inspection on 22 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

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

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.519 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.519 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

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 · what “suppressed” means

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.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

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 awayExpected standard67%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 60% (Essex 73%, England 60%) · Any other White background 13% (Essex 7%, England 7%) · Black African 6% (Essex 4%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Essex 3%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Essex 1%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 2% (Essex 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Essex 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Essex 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Essex 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Essex 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Essex 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Essex 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Essex 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.58 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Essex: 3.26 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

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

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

62.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,958; 11.5% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£5,869
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 83% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £541,000; in-year balance +£315,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

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
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%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01021327 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£304,000417 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£270,000–£350,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (26)£428,500
Semi-detached (46)£362,500
Terraced (273)£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.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.83 km, 2026 entry): 280 sales, median £300,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. 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 5.7
All reported collisions
55an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
12an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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