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Beckers Green Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Academy
Beckers Green Road, Braintree CM7 3PR · beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk · 01376 322687
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 60%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.94 mi
- 1.52 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 317
- 87% of 364 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 31.2%
- First language not English
- 17.7%
- 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 0.94 mi (1.52 km) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 59 families put the school first and 44 places were offered; 75% 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 | 44 | 59 | 1.3▲ | 75% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 44 | 44 | 1 | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 58 | 1.3▲ | 78% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.94 mi1.52 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 60% 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 | |||
| ●60% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 114794)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 28 June 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Beckers Green Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 27 Jun 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 114794), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114794)
Jan 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114794)
Mar 2011Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114794)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (34 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 34
- 11% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (41%) with SEND