John Ray Infant School
Primary · Braintree · CM7 1HL
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 November 2019
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
319 pupils · 89% of 360 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 2–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 20.2% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 10.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 15.8% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.4% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- URN
- 150501
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.99 first-choice applications per place90 places offered · 89 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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.
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)
79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 20% 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
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.