Cann Hall Primary School

Cann Hall Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard of education in various key areas including the quality of teaching, behavior, and leadership. Pupils display a strong enthusiasm for learning, are well-behaved, and engage positively with the school's diverse curriculum. The school has made effective adaptations to ensure all students, including those with special educational needs, receive appropriate support. Additionally, leaders have a clear vision for continuous improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and are proud of their work.
• Strong early years provision that sets children on a path for learning.
• Consistent approaches to teaching and assessment across subjects.
• Effective phonics lessons with well-matched reading materials.
• Positive behavior and supportive peer relationships.
• High-quality writing from pupils, including thoughtful speeches.
• Strong engagement from pupils in extra-curricular activities.

Areas for Improvement

• Variable access to a wide range of books for independent reading among older pupils.
• A significant minority of pupils are persistently absent from school, impacting their learning.

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 Cann Hall Primary School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.4% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Cann Hall 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 Cann Hall Primary School had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.8% 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, 13.5% of pupils at Cann Hall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.4% 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 2024–25 Cann Hall Primary School received £8,151 and spent £8,326 for each of its 416 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £546,000 (£1,313 per pupil).

Across all 24 schools of The Compass Partnership of Schools, income was £10,246 and spending £9,845 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Clacton-On-Sea · Essex local authority: places and applications

Cann Hall Primary School is part of The Compass Partnership of Schools, which runs 28 schools. The nearest others:

• Fairfield Infant School Felixstowe
• Colneis Junior School Felixstowe
• Ravenswood Community Primary School Ipswich
• Rushmere Hall Primary School Ipswich
• John Ray Infant School Braintree
• John Ray Junior School Braintree
• Notley Green Primary School Braintree
• Shalford Primary School Braintree
• Pathways School Dagenham
• Boxgrove Primary School Greenwich

What is Cann Hall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cann Hall Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2022.

When was Cann Hall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cann Hall Primary School was last inspected in June 2022.

How many pupils does Cann Hall Primary School have?

Cann Hall Primary School has 415 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cann Hall Primary School cover?

Cann Hall Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 76% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cann Hall Primary School?

Cann Hall Primary School is at Constable Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO16 8DA.