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Cherry Tree Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Church Road, Basildon SS16 4AG · cherrytree-pri.essex.sch.uk · 01268 523017
On the mapSearch near SS16 4AG
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 38%
- 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
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 384
- 91% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 44.5%
- First language not English
- 28.6%
- 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, 41 families put the school first and 42 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 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 34 | 29 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 39 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 51 | 42 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 38% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 2% 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 | |||
| ▼38% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼102 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 132833)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Cherry Tree Primary School on 1 July 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 1 Jul 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jun 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 132833), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jun 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2018Good
Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132833)
Oct 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132833)
Mar 2012Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 132833)
What parents said
51% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 51%
- Replies
- 53
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 96% who raised concerns
based on the 62% who had a child bullied
based on 33 parents (62%) with SEND