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Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
Quendon Drive, Waltham Abbey EN9 1LG · 01992 713191
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- 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
- 598
- 95% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 27.5%
- First language not English
- 34.1%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Net Academies Trust
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, 79 families put the school first and 81 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 | 81 | 79 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 86 | 81 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 70 | 68 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 83 | 61 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 65 | 50 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% 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 | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 115286)
Ofsted
Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 26 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Dec 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 115286), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
- Dec 2018Monitoring visitEffective action
Dec 2017Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115286)
Feb 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 115286)
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (177 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 177
- 29% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 37 parents (21%) with SEND