Greenways Primary School

Greenways Primary School is performing well across all inspected areas. Pupils enjoy school, feel safe and build positive relationships based on the school values of respect, nurture, inspire and aspire. Staff have high expectations, pupils are engaged learners, and the school provides a wide range of trips, assemblies, careers information and community responsibilities that help pupils develop personally as well as academically. Leaders are managing a period of change successfully, with clear priorities and strong support for staff. The curriculum is well sequenced and ambitious, reading is prioritised effectively, and provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is a notable strength, including the specially resourced provision for pupils with autism. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, and the school works effectively to improve attendance and promote an inclusive culture. The main areas for improvement are assessment and behaviour at social times. In some subjects, checks on what pupils know are not used well enough to plan next steps, so gaps in knowledge can emerge. At less structured times such as the playground, the behaviour policy is not implemented consistently, and some pupils repeat disrespectful or poor behaviour. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has experienced significant staffing changes since the previous inspection.

Strengths

• Pupils have positive relationships and respect that everyone is different.
• Staff have high expectations of pupils' behaviour and learning.
• Pupils are interested, engaged learners who achieve well.
• Pupils trust staff, feel safe and are well supported.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of trips, visits, assemblies and careers information.
• Leaders are directing the school through change successfully with clear priorities.
• The curriculum is well sequenced and aspirational, with a focus on language and vocabulary.
• Reading is prioritised from the start and taught confidently and effectively.
• Provision for pupils with SEND is a strength, including expert support in the specially resourced provision.
• The school promotes a highly inclusive culture and prepares pupils well for life beyond school.
• Attendance support is effective and pupils' attendance improves over time.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment checks are not used effectively in some subjects, so staff do not identify pupils' next steps accurately or close gaps in knowledge.
• The behaviour policy is not implemented consistently during social times, including on the playground.
• Some pupils repeat disrespectful or poor behaviour because staff do not routinely address it quickly in line with school expectations.

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 Greenways Primary School attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.3% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Greenways 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 Greenways Primary School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.5% 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 Greenways Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 12 pupils.

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 Greenways Primary School received £6,991 and spent £7,932 for each of its 888 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £144,000 (£162 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust, income was £11,402 and spending £11,631 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 Southend-On-Sea · Southend-on-Sea local authority: places and applications

Greenways Primary School is part of Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Temple Sutton Primary School Southend-On-Sea
• Barons Court Primary School and Nursery Westcliff-On-Sea
• Blenheim Primary School Leigh-On-Sea
• Edwards Hall Primary School Leigh-On-Sea
• Sheringham Primary School London
• Hartley Primary School London
• Drew Primary School London
• Connaught Special School London
• Upton Cross Primary School London
• John F Kennedy Special School London

What is Greenways Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Greenways Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Greenways Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Greenways Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Greenways Primary School have?

Greenways Primary School has 856 pupils on roll.

What age range does Greenways Primary School cover?

Greenways Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Greenways Primary School?

Greenways Primary School is at Greenways, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 3BS.