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Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Vicarage Road, Finchingfield, Braintree CM7 4LD · finchingfield.academy · 01371 810423
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2023/24
- 83%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 62%, England 61%
- Last distance offered
- 4.28 mi
- 6.88 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 71
- 85% of 84 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 15.3%
- First language not English
- 0%
- 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 4.28 mi (6.88 km) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 13 families put the school first and 13 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 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 10 | 9 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 4.28 mi6.88 km | |
Results
In 2023/24, 83% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 33% the higher standard. Across Essex it was 62%, and across England 61%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| hidden | 62% | ||
| hidden | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| hidden | 106 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
| hidden | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 115107)
hidden: too few pupils to publish
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 26 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 115107), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115107)
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115107)
Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115107)
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 30
- 49% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied