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Greensted Primary School & Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Kirby Road, Basildon SS14 1RX · greensted.essex.sch.uk · 01268 553359
On the mapSearch near SS14 1RX
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.39 mi
- 0.62 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 520
- 100 over 420 places · 124%
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 23.8%
- First language not English
- 19.2%
- 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 0.39 mi (624 m) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 73 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 77% 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 | 73 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 80 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 77 | 1.3▲ | 74% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 86 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.39 mi0.62 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% 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 | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Greensted Primary School & Nursery on 22 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 22 Oct 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jul 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective May 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (61 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 61
- 12% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 31% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (36%) with SEND