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Dunmow St Mary's Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Foundation school
High Stile, Great Dunmow, Dunmow CM6 1EB · dsmprimary.essex.sch.uk · 01371 872340
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 58%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.45 mi
- 2.33 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 459
- 39 over 420 places · 109%
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 17.6%
- First language not English
- 9.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.45 mi (2.33 km) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 58 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 58 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 56 | 0.9 | 86% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 49 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 53 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 91% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 1.45 mi2.33 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% 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 | |||
| ▼58% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Dunmow St Mary's Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 27 Jun 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, Jun 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
82% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (141 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 82%
- Replies
- 141
- 30% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (14%) with SEND