St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon

Type Primary / Academy sponsor led
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Elsenham Crescent
Basildon
Essex
SS14 1UE
Phone 01268553502
Reference Number 139917

St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils demonstrate pride in their school, displaying respect and kindness towards one another in a nurturing environment shaped by strong core values. The leadership team is committed to fostering a supportive and safe atmosphere for all students, ensuring they have opportunities to excel academically and personally. However, the school has identified areas for improvement in its curriculum, particularly in subjects where depth of knowledge is lacking due to the focus on specific skills rather than essential factual content.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 216
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.69%
Girls: 52.31%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 15.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 29.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 28.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 27.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 16 14 30
2 14 14 28
3 10 17 27
4 12 12 24
5 12 18 30
6 10 19 29

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 31.9%
White, British 31%
White, Other 12.5%
Mixed, Other 5.6%
White & Black (African) 4.2%
Caribbean 2.3%
Pakistani 1.4%
White & Asian 0.9%
Asian, Other 0.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 20 Oct 2021
Date Report
20 Oct 2021 School inspection
04 Oct 2016 Full inspection:

Strengths

  • Pupils feel safe and supported in a nurturing environment.
  • The school promotes strong core values of love, acceptance, respect, and reflection.
  • Pupils demonstrate exemplary behavior and positive attitudes towards learning.
  • Leaders have prioritized reading, ensuring all pupils become confident, fluent readers.
  • Strong governance provided by engaged and knowledgeable governors.
  • The school actively supports families and engages with the wider community.

Areas for Improvement

  • In a few subjects, the curriculum lacks essential factual knowledge needed for deeper understanding.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 87%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 10%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 108
Maths 106

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.6
Writing 1.3
Maths 1.9

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Average Scaled Score

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 21 2
Third Preference 8 0
From another Local Authority 2 1

Previous Years

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