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John Ray Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–7 · Academy
Notley Road, Braintree CM7 1HL · johnrayinfant.compassps.uk · 01376 323071
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2019
- 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
- 319
- 89% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 20.2%
- First language not English
- 13.2%
- 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, 89 families put the school first and 90 places were offered; 99% 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 | 90 | 89 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 89 | 86 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 85 | 82 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 98 | 96 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 80 | 80 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 14 November 2019, Ofsted’s outcome for John Ray Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 13 Nov 2019
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114941)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2010
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 114941), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114941)
Apr 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 114941)