Purfleet Primary Academy

Purfleet Primary Academy is performing well overall, demonstrating a strong commitment to ensuring that pupils achieve and feel safe. Leaders have implemented effective teaching practices, especially in reading, resulting in pupils frequently outperforming their peers nationally in this area. Despite challenges such as fluctuating attendance due to external factors, the school has been proactive in improving overall attendance rates, particularly for disadvantaged pupils. The school's culture emphasizes respect and positive behavioral expectations, contributing to a supportive learning environment.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve well in reading, often exceeding national averages.
• Strong focus on safeguarding, ensuring pupils feel safe and supported.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Innovative approaches to improving attendance, particularly for disadvantaged students.
• Well-structured curriculum that builds knowledge over time.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not retain knowledge in foundation subjects at the required depth.
• Support for some pupils with significant special educational needs lacks precision.

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 Purfleet Primary Academy attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.5% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Purfleet Primary Academy 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 Purfleet Primary Academy had 24.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.9% 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 Purfleet Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.8% 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 Purfleet Primary Academy received £7,143 and spent £6,139 for each of its 601 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £137,000 (£228 per pupil).

Across all 65 schools of Reach2 Academy Trust, income was £7,346 and spending £7,105 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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Purfleet Primary Academy is part of Reach2 Academy Trust, which runs 65 schools. The nearest others:

• Brampton Primary Academy Bexleyheath
• Langtons Junior Academy Hornchurch
• Copperfield Academy Gravesend
• Concordia Academy Romford
• Dorothy Barley Junior Academy Dagenham
• Tymberwood Academy Gravesend
• Tidemill Academy London
• Chigwell Primary Academy Chigwell
• The Woodside Primary Academy London
• Chapel End Junior Academy London

What is Purfleet Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Purfleet Primary Academy is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Purfleet Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Purfleet Primary Academy was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Purfleet Primary Academy have?

Purfleet Primary Academy has 619 pupils on roll.

What age range does Purfleet Primary Academy cover?

Purfleet Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Purfleet Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Purfleet Primary Academy?

Purfleet Primary Academy is at Tank Hill Road, Purfleet Primary Academy, Purfleet-on-Thames, Essex, RM19 1TA.