Vange Primary School and Nursery

Vange Primary School and Nursery is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection domains. The school provides an ambitious and well-ordered curriculum that pupils understand and engage with, leading to strong enthusiasm for learning. Pupils benefit from supportive staff who foster a positive environment, encouraging kindness and confidence. Despite some recent changes in curriculum subjects, the school has successfully implemented effective strategies for personal development and safeguarding, ensuring that pupils feel safe and valued.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate enthusiasm for learning and can showcase their knowledge effectively.
• Behaviour is excellent with strong friendships formed amongst pupils.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-ordered, especially in subjects like reading and mathematics.
• High-quality support is provided for pupils with SEND, ensuring they achieve well.
• Strong leadership and effective governance are evident in the school's operations.
• Children in early years are well-prepared for Year 1 and engage in purposeful learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects have not been fully developed, leading to gaps in pupils' knowledge.
• Inconsistent teacher assessments in certain subjects do not effectively gauge pupil readiness to progress.

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 Vange Primary School and Nursery attended 90.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 25.7% 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, 13.5% of pupils at Vange Primary School and Nursery 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 Vange Primary School and Nursery had 17.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 51.7% 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, 32.0% of pupils at Vange Primary School and Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.2% 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 Vange Primary School and Nursery received £9,514 and spent £9,222 for each of its 93 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £205,000 (£2,202 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 Vange Primary School and Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Vange Primary School and Nursery is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Vange Primary School and Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

Vange Primary School and Nursery was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Vange Primary School and Nursery have?

Vange Primary School and Nursery has 97 pupils on roll.

What age range does Vange Primary School and Nursery cover?

Vange Primary School and Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Vange Primary School and Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Vange Primary School and Nursery?

Vange Primary School and Nursery is at London Road, Vange, Basildon, Essex, SS16 4QA.