Ingatestone Infant School
Primary · Ingatestone · CM4 0DF
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 14 November 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
127 pupils · 94% of 135 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 1.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 5.1% of pupils
- SEN support
- 11.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.9% of pupils
- Website
- www.ingatestone.essex.sch.uk
- URN
- 150748
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.16 first-choice applications per place44 places offered · 51 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
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)
52% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 48% 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.
Nearby schools
- Ingatestone and Fryerning Church of England Junior School
- Anglo European School
- Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Mountnessing Church of England Primary School
- Highwood Primary School
- Brightside Primary School
- Hutton All Saints' Church of England Primary School
- Buttsbury Primary School