Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School

Hatfield Peverel St Andrew’s Junior School is a caring and ambitious school where pupils work hard, behave well and achieve well. Leaders have designed a broad curriculum that builds from Year 3 to Year 6, and pupils benefit from strong reading teaching, effective support for pupils with SEND, and a wide range of enrichment opportunities. Personal development is a particular strength, with pupils taking on responsibilities, participating in competitions and performances, and contributing to the community. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, attendance is improving, and governors and trustees provide strong support and challenge.

Strengths

• Well-designed and broadly well-implemented curriculum across subjects
• Pupils achieve well and show focused, resilient attitudes to learning
• Strong reading and phonics provision helps pupils catch up and read fluently
• Pupils with SEND are identified quickly and supported effectively to access the same curriculum
• Pupils behave well, are polite and respectful, and play well together
• Excellent range of enrichment, clubs, competitions and leadership responsibilities
• Strong emotional and well-being support for staff, pupils and families
• Governors and trustees provide highly effective support and challenge
• Parents are extremely positive about the school’s education and nurture
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum implementation is inconsistent in some subjects, particularly newly developed ones
• Staff do not always have precise enough subject knowledge to identify and address misconceptions
• In some subjects, pupils do not build securely on prior learning because errors are not picked up quickly

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 Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.1% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior 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 Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School had 22.7 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, 20.8% of pupils at Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% 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 Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School received £7,121 and spent £7,053 for each of its 236 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £24,000 (£103 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 Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School have?

Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School has 236 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School cover?

Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School?

Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School is at Church Road, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 2JX.