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St Cedd's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Southminster · CM0 7PY

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Good

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 14 March 2023

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At a glance

120 pupils · 69% of 175 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
13.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.st-ceddsprimary.co.uk
URN
140844

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 16 Reception places, 0.75 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 14 March 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.75 first-choice applications per place

16 places offered · 12 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
38%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
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 school38%
Median of its 12 closest peers58%
Essex average63.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Wadworth Primary SchoolDoncaster · 148 miles awayGood59%
Thorner's Church of England School, Litton CheneyDorchester · 168 miles awayGood73%
Lockwood Primary SchoolSaltburn-by-the-Sea · 210 miles awayGood68%
High Halden Church of England Primary SchoolAshford · 44 miles awayExpected standard42%
Cuckney CofE Primary SchoolMansfield · 136 miles awayGood63%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolStafford · 146 miles awayStrong standard86%
Holton St Peter Community Primary SchoolHalesworth · 50 miles awayExpected standard50%
High Ongar Primary SchoolOngar · 27 miles awayGood56%
Kirby Hill Church of England (VC) Primary SchoolYork · 191 miles awayExpected standard71%
Sabden Primary SchoolSabden · 199 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Marhamchurch CofE AcademyBude · 243 miles awayRequires improvement54%
St Giles-on-the-Heath Community SchoolLaunceston · 237 miles awayGood57%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 96% (Essex 73%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Essex 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Essex 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Essex 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Essex 0%, England 0%)

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)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
30
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)

80% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.8 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 £46,665; 20% 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£6,602
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 63% (77%) · premises 10% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 15% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £24,000; in-year balance +£27,000

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21%18.1%
In managerial or professional work32.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier77.5%62.3%
Social housing9.4%17.1%
Privately rented13.1%20.5%
Detached houses54.6%22.9%
Flats2.6%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms32.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01021907 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£341,00020 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£242,500–£476,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (8)£477,500
Terraced (6)£190,000

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

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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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