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Doddinghurst Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Church Lane, Doddinghurst, Brentwood CM15 0NJ · doddinghurstinfantschool.co.uk · 01277 822721
On the mapSearch near CM15 0NJ
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 177
- 98% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 11.3%
- First language not English
- 1.1%
- 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, 73 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 82% 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 | 60 | 73 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 48 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 52 | 41 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 50 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 33 | 31 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Doddinghurst Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 29 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 29 Nov 2022
- 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: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2009
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Mar 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 44
- 32% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 61% who raised concerns
based on the 14% who had a child bullied