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Purleigh Community Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Pump Lane, Purleigh, Chelmsford CM3 6PJ · purleighprimary.com · 01621 828282
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 74%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 3.20 mi
- 5.16 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 206
- 98% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 9.7%
- First language not English
- 1%
- 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 3.20 mi (5.16 km) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 92% 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 | 30 | 26 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 36 | 1.2▲ | 78% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 28 | 0.9 | 93% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 3.20 mi5.16 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ▲74% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Purleigh Community Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 1 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2012
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
- Jan 2020Monitoring visit
Before September 2019
Nov 2012Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Feb 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (55 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 55
- 27% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied