Burrsville Infant Academy

Burrsville Infant Academy continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in 2016. Pupils are enthusiastic about learning and benefit from a supportive environment where they feel safe and happy. The school's leadership has implemented an ambitious curriculum focused on reading and mathematics, enabling children to develop essential skills from the early years. However, there are areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that the curriculum in foundation subjects is clearly structured and that connections between different areas of learning are reinforced effectively.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and are engaged in their subjects.
• The school environment is safe and supportive, promoting wellbeing.
• Strong focus on reading and phonics development from early years.
• Effective management of pupil behavior and emotional support.
• Staff receive good training and support to manage workload.

Areas for Improvement

• Foundation subjects lack clarity in the sequence of knowledge to be taught.
• Some subject leaders are not fully equipped to monitor curriculum effectiveness.

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 Burrsville Infant Academy attended 93.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.0% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Burrsville Infant 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 Burrsville Infant Academy had 22.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.7% 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, 16.1% of pupils at Burrsville Infant Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.3% 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 Burrsville Infant Academy received £7,423 and spent £7,231 for each of its 176 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £40,000 (£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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All schools in Clacton-On-Sea · Essex local authority: places and applications

Burrsville Infant Academy is part of Reach2 Academy Trust, which runs 65 schools. The nearest others:

• Sir Martin Frobisher Academy Clacton-On-Sea
• Kirby Primary Academy Frinton-On-Sea
• Unity Primary Academy Colchester
• Camulos Academy Colchester
• Sprites Primary Academy Ipswich
• Martlesham Primary Academy Woodbridge
• Kemsley Primary Academy Sittingbourne
• Milton Court Primary Academy Sittingbourne
• Tymberwood Academy Gravesend
• Copperfield Academy Gravesend

What is Burrsville Infant Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Burrsville Infant Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Burrsville Infant Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Burrsville Infant Academy was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Burrsville Infant Academy have?

Burrsville Infant Academy has 174 pupils on roll.

What age range does Burrsville Infant Academy cover?

Burrsville Infant Academy for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Burrsville Infant Academy?

Burrsville Infant Academy is at Craigfield Avenue, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO15 4HR.