Baynards Primary School

Baynards Primary School is performing well overall, providing a supportive environment where pupils feel safe and are eager to learn. The leadership has taken positive steps to enhance teaching quality and curriculum design, resulting in improved pupil outcomes in key areas. Although there remains a focus on improving writing and embedding high-quality teaching across all subjects, the school is successfully adapting to the needs of its diverse student body, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The school's positive atmosphere fosters a sense of community and respect among pupils, contributing to their personal development and wellbeing.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with a clear vision for improvement.
• Positive culture of safeguarding where pupils feel safe.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Improvements in teaching of English and phonics leading to better pupil outcomes.
• Well-designed curriculum that prepares pupils for next educational stages.
• Strong commitment to pupils' personal development and wellbeing.

Areas for Improvement

• Achievement in Year 1 phonics screening check not in line with national averages.
• Some pupils do not make progress in writing as quickly as leaders would like.

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 Baynards Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.0% 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, 2.0% of pupils at Baynards Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Baynards Primary School had 18.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.5% 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, 18.4% of pupils at Baynards Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Baynards Primary School received £8,984 and spent £9,156 for each of its 98 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £128,000 (£1,304 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 Baynards Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Baynards Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in April 2026.

When was Baynards Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Baynards Primary School was last inspected in April 2026.

How many pupils does Baynards Primary School have?

Baynards Primary School has 98 pupils on roll.

What age range does Baynards Primary School cover?

Baynards Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Baynards Primary School?

Baynards Primary School is at Townsend Road, Tiptree, Colchester, Essex, CO5 0ND.