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St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead

Primary · Halstead · CO9 2BH

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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 15 September 2022

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At a glance

211 pupils · 94% of 225 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
17.5% of pupils
English as additional language
3.7% of pupils
SEN support
13.6% of pupils
EHC plan
2.8% of pupils
Website
http://www.st-andrews-halstead.co.uk
URN
145523

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.87 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 26 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

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
82%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
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.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.5%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.8%
England 18.1%

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

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
26.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 24% left the state-funded sector

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£5,318
Typical primary school£6,960

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.

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