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Larchwood Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Larchwood Gardens, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood CM15 9NG · larchwoodprimary.co.uk · 01277 372450
On the mapSearch near CM15 9NG
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 66%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 420
- At capacity · 420 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 19%
- First language not English
- 10%
- 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 60 places were offered; 96% 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 | 60 | 48 | 0.8 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 55 | 45 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 78 | 1.3▲ | 72% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 88 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 56 | 0.9 | 96% |
Results
In 2024/25, 66% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% 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 | |||
| ▲66% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Larchwood Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 2 Jul 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Sept 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (124 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 124
- 30% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 22% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (14%) with SEND