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Wickford Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Market Road, Wickford SS12 0AG · wickfordprimary.uk · 01268 733071
On the mapSearch near SS12 0AG
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 52%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 472
- 84% of 564 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 21.2%
- First language not English
- 8.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 48 families put the school first and 51 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 51 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 47 | 45 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25, 52% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Essex it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼52% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Wickford Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 10 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 10 Jan 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (161 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 161
- 32% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied
based on 31 parents (19%) with SEND