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Great Wakering Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
High Street, Great Wakering, Southend-on-Sea SS3 0EJ · greatwakering.essex.sch.uk · 01702 219435
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 40%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.91 mi
- 1.46 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 412
- 98% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 21.6%
- First language not English
- 0.5%
- 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 0.91 mi (1.46 km) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 71 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 82% 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 | 60 | 71 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 95% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 47 | 47 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 60 | 1 | 97% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.91 mi1.46 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 40% 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 | |||
| ▼40% | 62% | ||
| ▼2% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 114792)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 29 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Great Wakering Primary Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 28 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Dec 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (77 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 77
- 19% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (35%) with SEND