South Green Infant School

South Green Infant School continues to demonstrate good performance, marked by a strong sense of safety and happiness among its pupils. The school has built positive relationships with families, creating an environment where children thrive and achieve well, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The leadership and governors are dedicated to maintaining high expectations and an ambitious curriculum that successfully supports the students' learning journeys. The positive behavior exhibited by students reflects the school's effective approach to personal development and character building.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and feel safe.
• The school has high expectations and is ambitious for all pupils.
• Strong relationships between pupils and staff.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND.
• Well-planned and resourced early years environment.
• A commitment to personal development and character education.
• Active involvement of pupils in leadership opportunities.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum documentation in some subjects is not fully refined, leading to gaps in knowledge acquisition.

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 South Green Infant School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.9% 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, 0.0% of pupils at South Green Infant 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 South Green Infant School had 18.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 15.7% of pupils at South Green Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% 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 South Green Infant School received £6,782 and spent £6,740 for each of its 172 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £230,000 (£1,337 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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All schools in Billericay · Essex local authority: places and applications

South Green Infant School is part of Billericay Community Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• South Green Junior School Billericay
• Quilters Junior School Billericay
• Quilters Infant School Billericay

What is South Green Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for South Green Infant School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was South Green Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

South Green Infant School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does South Green Infant School have?

South Green Infant School has 172 pupils on roll.

What age range does South Green Infant School cover?

South Green Infant School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is South Green Infant School?

South Green Infant School is at Ganels Road, Billericay, Essex, CM11 2TG.