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Stambridge Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Stambridge Road, Stambridge, Rochford SS4 2AP · hearts-stambridge.uk · 01702 544369
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 100%
- 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
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 82
- 78% of 105 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 16.3%
- First language not English
- 7.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Hearts Academy Trust
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, 7 families put the school first and 12 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 | 12 | 7 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 13 | 8 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 15 | 14 | 0.9 | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 100% 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 | |||
| ▲100% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲111 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
Stambridge Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 8 Nov 2023
- 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: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 114848), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Feb 2014Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114848)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (17 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 17
- 20% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 53% who raised concerns
based on 5 parents (29%) whose child was bullied
based on 2 parents (12%) with SEND