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St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Mathews Close, Halstead CO9 2BH · st-andrews-halstead.co.uk · 01787 475699
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 82%
- 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
- 211
- 94% of 225 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 17.5%
- First language not English
- 3.8%
- 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, 26 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 96% 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 | 30 | 26 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 27 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 31 | 1.1▲ | 81% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 45 | 1.5▲ | 64% |
Results
In 2024/25, 82% 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 | |||
| ▲82% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 115133)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 September 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 14 Sept 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2015
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 115133), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115133)
Jan 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115133)
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (42 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 42
- 19% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied