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Rayleigh Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Academy
Love Lane, Rayleigh SS6 7DD · rayleighprimary.org.uk · 01268 775712
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 78%
- 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
- 463
- 98% of 472 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.7%
- First language not English
- 7.6%
- 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 52 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 | 52 | 48 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 48 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 46 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 57 | 1 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% 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 | |||
| ▲78% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Rayleigh Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 26 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2008
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
60% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (100 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 60%
- Replies
- 100
- 22% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 34% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (14%) with SEND