Gosfield Community Primary School
Primary · Halstead · CO9 1ST
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 2 March 2023
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134 pupils · 96% of 140 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 1.4% of pupils
- SEN support
- 12% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.8% of pupils
- URN
- 146725
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.78 first-choice applications per place18 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
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)
20 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school
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
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
- 2 March 2023: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead
- Richard de Clare Community Academy
- The Ramsey Academy, Halstead
- The Yellow House School
- St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible Hedingham
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead
- Bocking Primary School
- Teaseldown School