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St Leonard's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Burnham Road, Southminster CM0 7ES · stleonardscofe.co.uk · 01621 772732
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 29%
- 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
- 0.4
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 258
- 82% of 315 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 25.2%
- First language not English
- 2.7%
- 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, 23 families put the school first and 57 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 | 57 | 23 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 58 | 29 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 18 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 36 | 23 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 38 | 32 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 29% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% 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 | |||
| ▼29% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼97 | 105 | ||
| ▼99 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 30 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 30 Apr 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 | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Jul 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Apr 2023Monitoring visitEffective action
- Dec 2022Monitoring visitEffective action
Jul 2022Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective - Sept 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Jul 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Oct 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Jul 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
39% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (36 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 39%
- Replies
- 36
- 14% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (39%) with SEND