Boreham Primary School

Boreham Primary School demonstrates a strong overall performance, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspection areas, including the quality of education, behavior, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school has successfully transitioned from its previous inspection grade of 'Requires Improvement', reflecting notable progress in fostering a positive learning environment where pupils feel safe, respected, and motivated to learn. Pupils especially excel in reading, benefitting from an ambitious curriculum and effective phonics instruction. The positive school culture is reinforced through well-established values and supportive relationships between teachers, parents, and staff. While the school showcases many strengths and high expectations from its pupils, there are areas identified for improvement concerning the consistency of assessment processes in some subjects and the quality of written work across disciplines. Addressing these issues will further enhance learning outcomes and ensure that all pupils achieve their full potential.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud to attend and feel safe in school.
• Skilful teachers inspire independent learning and foster a positive learning environment.
• The ambitious curriculum encourages exploration and creativity.
• Strong focus on reading from early years helps pupils become fluent and confident readers.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND allows them to thrive.
• Pupils display excellent behavior and a determination to succeed.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities enhances personal development.
• Leaders prioritize staff well-being and provide professional development.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent assessment processes in some subjects hinder precise tracking of pupil progress.
• Quality of written work in subjects other than English is variable.

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 Boreham Primary School attended 96.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.5% 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, 1.9% of pupils at Boreham 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 Boreham Primary School had 24.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.0% 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, 16.0% of pupils at Boreham Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.5% 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 Boreham Primary School received £6,650 and spent £6,869 for each of its 212 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £137,000 (£645 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 Boreham Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Boreham Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Boreham Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Boreham Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Boreham Primary School have?

Boreham Primary School has 212 pupils on roll.

What age range does Boreham Primary School cover?

Boreham Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Boreham Primary School?

Boreham Primary School is at Juniper Road, Boreham, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 3DB.