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Wyburns Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Nevern Road, Rayleigh SS6 7PE · wyburns.org · 01268 770914
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 45%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 187
- 89% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 19.8%
- First language not English
- 4.8%
- 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, 19 families put the school first and 22 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 | 22 | 19 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 16 | 14 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 22 | 13 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 45% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% 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 | |||
| ▼45% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 115302)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 May 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Wyburns Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 24 May 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2016
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2016Good
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 Dec 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (57 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 57
- 30% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied