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Buttsbury Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Norsey View Drive, Billericay CM12 0QR · buttsburyprimary.essex.sch.uk · 01277 623217
On the mapSearch near CM12 0QR
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 2.40 mi
- 3.86 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 863
- 99% of 872 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 3.8%
- First language not English
- 3.5%
- 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 2.40 mi (3.86 km) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 106 families put the school first and 119 places were offered; 94% 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 | 119 | 106 | 0.9 | 94% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 120 | 114 | 1 | 98% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 2.40 mi3.86 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 25% 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 | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ▲25% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Buttsbury Primary School on 24 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 24 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (401 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Positive
- 93%
- Replies
- 401
- 47% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on 60 parents (15%) whose child was bullied
based on 56 parents (14%) with SEND