St Andrew's CofE Primary School

St Andrew's C of E Primary School is performing well, maintaining its status as a good school. The school fosters an inclusive and supportive environment where pupils feel happy and valued. With a strong focus on pupil well-being, the school community effectively embodies values such as friendship, courage, and confidence, significantly contributing to the overall positive atmosphere. Pupils engage meaningfully in their education, demonstrating a willingness to learn and participate in various school activities, fostering their development as global citizens. Despite these strengths, there is a noted need for improvement in the monitoring of the wider curriculum to ensure consistent learning outcomes across all subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils feel happy and well looked after.
• The school community embodies strong values of friendship, courage, and confidence.
• Special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) pupils receive excellent support.
• Pupils participate actively in school life and hold various responsibilities.
• Early years education is effective, helping children settle quickly.
• Reading is prioritized, with pupils becoming confident and fluent readers.
• Leaders show a clear ambition for delivering high-quality education.
• Strong arrangements for safeguarding are in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Leaders’ monitoring of the wider curriculum is underdeveloped.

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 St Andrew's CofE Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.6% 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, 0.3% of pupils at St Andrew's CofE 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 St Andrew's CofE Primary School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.1% 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, 11.2% of pupils at St Andrew's CofE Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 St Andrew's CofE Primary School received £7,839 and spent £7,981 for each of its 356 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £89,000 (£249 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 St Andrew's CofE Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Andrew's CofE Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was St Andrew's CofE Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Andrew's CofE Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does St Andrew's CofE Primary School have?

St Andrew's CofE Primary School has 356 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Andrew's CofE Primary School cover?

St Andrew's CofE Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Andrew's CofE Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Andrew's CofE Primary School?

St Andrew's CofE Primary School is at School Green Lane, North Weald, Epping, Essex, CM16 6EH.