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Orsett Church of England Primary School

Primary · Grays · RM16 3JR

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 14 April 2026 · report published 7 June 2026

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At a glance

202 pupils · 93% of 218 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
5.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.orsettprimary.co.uk
URN
144587

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 14 April 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 29 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers71.5%
Thurrock average70.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Markyate Village School and NurserySt Albans · 42 miles awayGood73%
Rougham Church of England Primary SchoolBury St. Edmunds · 53 miles awayGood64%
Meadow Primary SchoolCambridge · 43 miles awayGood65%
Ellistown Community Primary SchoolCoalville · 110 miles awayGood70%
Alveston CofE Primary SchoolStratford-upon-Avon · 99 miles awayExpected standard73%
Ferring C of E Primary SchoolWorthing · 59 miles awayExpected standard70%
Lyminge Church of England Primary SchoolFolkestone · 41 miles awayGood50%
Triangle CofE VC Primary SchoolSowerby Bridge · 179 miles awayGood61%
Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England SchoolWallingford · 64 miles awayGood73%
Thomas Bullock Church of England Primary and Nursery AcademyThetford · 81 miles awayGood96%
King's Gate Primary SchoolSalisbury · 95 miles awayGood80%
Luddendenfoot AcademyHalifax · 181 miles awayOutstanding80%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 76% (Thurrock 45%, England 60%) · Black African 8% (Thurrock 14%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Thurrock 15%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 2% (Thurrock 2%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Thurrock 4%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Thurrock 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Thurrock 3%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Thurrock 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Thurrock 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Thurrock 0%, England 0%) · other groups together 2%

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)
4.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.49 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Thurrock: 1.66 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
23.8
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)

54.5% of teachers took sickness absence, 11.5 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 £49,442; 0% 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£5,849
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 13% (8%) · supplies and services 13% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £15,000; in-year balance +£66,000

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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)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher24.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier72.8%62.3%
Social housing10.6%17.1%
Privately rented16.6%20.5%
Detached houses30.2%22.9%
Flats7.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms34.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van8.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01015977 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£432,50056 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£380,000–£600,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (14)£642,500
Semi-detached (20)£445,000
Terraced (17)£385,000
Flat (5)£265,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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
2a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a 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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