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St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald

Brentwood, CM14 5QN · Essex · primary school

Ofsted report card · 2025 Lowest area: Strong standard Mixed Primary Church of England
9.7/10 Well above average

4th of 391 primary schools in Essex we can score, 444 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 9.8/10 against 1,859 of them, against 9.9/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 98.0 · 100 40% 3.98
Ofsted 92 35% 3.24
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 28.0 · 97 25% 2.43

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 98.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. The higher standard was reached by 28.0%. Ofsted rated the school Outstanding in November 2025. Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so they are not simply a reflection of who attends (9.8 out of 10 against similar schools, 9.9 out of 10 against all schools).

Beyond the classroom. The school provides both a breakfast club and an after-school club.

Getting in. There are 454 pupils in a school with 352 places, meaning it is over capacity by 102. The school is over its stated capacity, so places are competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school manage the high demand for places given the current over-capacity status? What specific support is available for pupils who do not reach the higher standard in their assessments? How are the breakfast and after-school clubs structured to support families with varying schedules?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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