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The Phoenix Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Leinster Road, Laindon, Basildon SS15 5NQ · phoenix-pri.essex.sch.uk · 01268 543664
On the mapSearch near SS15 5NQ
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 54%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.48 mi
- 0.77 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 717
- 96% of 750 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 25.2%
- First language not English
- 21.2%
- 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 0.48 mi (771 m) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 92 families put the school first and 88 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 | 88 | 92 | 1▲ | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 107 | 1.2▲ | 75% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 92 | 1▲ | 86% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 90 | 1 | 90% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 88 | 98 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.48 mi0.77 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% 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 | |||
| ▼54% | 62% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 134021)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Phoenix Primary School on 17 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 17 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Apr 2024
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 134021), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Apr 2024Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Jun 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 134021)
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (68 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 68
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (16%) with SEND