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Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Tollesbury Road, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Maldon CM9 8UB · darcyschool.co.uk · 01621 860253
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 65%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 5.48 mi
- 8.82 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 110
- 52% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 13.6%
- First language not English
- 1.8%
- 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 5.48 mi (8.82 km) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 20 families put the school first and 25 places were offered; 100% 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 | 25 | 20 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 16 | 16 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 15 | 16 | 1.1▲ | 81% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 13 | 10 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 27 | 23 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 5.48 mi8.82 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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 | |||
| ▲65% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 115187)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 14 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 115187), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Good
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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115187)
Jan 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115187)
Oct 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115187)
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (26 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 26
- 24% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 19% who had a child bullied