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Stapleford Abbotts Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford RM4 1EJ · stapleford-tkat.org · 01708 688207
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jul 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- 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
- 135
- 90% of 150 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 33.3%
- First language not English
- 7.4%
- 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, 12 families put the school first and 16 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 | 16 | 12 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 9 | 8 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 14 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 21 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% 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 | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 114958)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Stapleford Abbotts Primary Academy on 7 July 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 7 Jul 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 114958), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Mar 2013Good
Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114958)
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 18
- 13% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied