Earls Hall Primary School

Earls Hall Primary School continues to perform well as a good school, demonstrating a supportive learning environment where pupils feel safe and valued. The school places a strong emphasis on high expectations, fostering positive relationships, and encouraging personal development alongside academic progress. Pupils are engaged in their education, actively taking part in various responsibilities and initiatives that contribute to their community. The curriculum is broad and well-structured, with a focus on ensuring that all pupils, including those with special educational needs, can succeed. However, some challenges remain, particularly in the consistency of curriculum delivery and the effectiveness of assessment in certain subjects. This leads to gaps in knowledge for some pupils, suggesting a need for more systematic implementation of teaching strategies across all areas. Overall, while there are notable strengths in pupil engagement and personal development, the school must address these areas to maintain its track record of success.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel safe in school.
• High expectations for behavior and academic performance.
• Strong curriculum that is broad and well-sequenced.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Personal development and opportunities for pupils are prioritized.
• Good collaboration between early years and key stage 1 leaders.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent delivery of the curriculum in some subjects.
• Assessment systems not well established in a few areas.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Earls Hall Primary School attended 94.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.8% of pupils at Earls Hall Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Earls Hall Primary School had 21.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.4% of pupils at Earls Hall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Earls Hall Primary School received £6,918 and spent £7,029 for each of its 638 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £59,000 (£93 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Earls Hall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Earls Hall Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Earls Hall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Earls Hall Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Earls Hall Primary School have?

Earls Hall Primary School has 638 pupils on roll.

What age range does Earls Hall Primary School cover?

Earls Hall Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Earls Hall Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Earls Hall Primary School?

Earls Hall Primary School is at Carlton Avenue, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0QN.