Stambridge Primary School

Stambridge Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all key areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Pupils are proud of their school, feel safe and happy, and adhere to the school's high expectations for behaviour. They have access to a well-organized curriculum that effectively supports their learning, particularly in reading, where phonics is delivered consistently well, contributing to their fluency and confidence.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit pride in their school and feel safe and happy.
• The school has high expectations for behaviour, which pupils consistently meet.
• The curriculum is well-organized and builds pupils' knowledge effectively.
• Reading is prioritized, supporting pupils to develop fluency and confidence.
• Pupils enjoy a wide range of extracurricular activities and leadership roles.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, lesson delivery is inconsistent, hindering pupils' understanding.
• Certain lessons do not adequately build on prior knowledge.

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 Stambridge Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.1% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Stambridge 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 Stambridge Primary School had 16.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 48.7% 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, 23.2% of pupils at Stambridge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.2% 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 Stambridge Primary School received £10,633 and spent £10,104 for each of its 81 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £114,000 (£1,407 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Hearts Academy Trust, income was £9,105 and spending £8,802 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 Rochford · Essex local authority: places and applications

Stambridge Primary School is part of Hearts Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Waterman Primary School Rochford
• Hilltop Junior School Wickford
• Hilltop Infant School Wickford
• The Wickford Church of England School Wickford
• Briscoe Primary School & Nursery Basildon

What is Stambridge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Stambridge Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Stambridge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Stambridge Primary School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Stambridge Primary School have?

Stambridge Primary School has 82 pupils on roll.

What age range does Stambridge Primary School cover?

Stambridge Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 100% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Stambridge Primary School?

Stambridge Primary School is at Stambridge Road, Stambridge, Rochford, Essex, SS4 2AP.