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St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead

Primary Ages 4-11 211 pupils Halstead
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St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead is an academy converter in Halstead for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 211 pupils on roll. In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Mathews Close
Halstead
Essex
CO9 2BH
Phone 01787475699
Reference Number 145523

General Makeup

Number of pupils 211
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 51.66%
Girls: 48.34%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 3.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 19 11 30
2 10 20 30
3 16 13 29
4 14 17 31
5 21 11 32
6 18 13 31

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 90%
White, Other 2.8%
Indian 1.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.4%
Unclassified 1.4%
White & Asian 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
African 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 14 Sep 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
14 Sep 2022 School inspection
05 Apr 2018 Academy conversion letter
14 Jan 2015 Full inspection:
Previously as St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Halstead
03 May 2013 Monitoring visit
15 Jan 2013 Full inspection:
14 Mar 2011 Full inspection:
08 May 2008 Full inspection:
02 Feb 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 82%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 3%

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 107
Maths 104

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 -2.2
Writing 0
Maths -3

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 22 5
Third Preference 12 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead had 215 pupils for 225 places. 10 places (4.4%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Braintree Primary D: East (Halstead)” planning area

Essex counted 219 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 200 in 2029–30, down 9%.

2018201920212022202320242025
Places 225225225225225225225
Pupils 220218217218217219215
Unfilled 2.2%3.1%3.6%3.1%3.6%2.7%4.4%

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 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.4%1.9%4.5%3.2%3.4%3.3%
Unauthorised absence 0.9%1.2%1.0%1.1%1.2%1.2%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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, 1.9% of pupils at St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.00.06.83.3
Permanent exclusions 0000000

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 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead had 26.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.112.011.810.010.410.510.911.4
Teachers who left state teaching 3.7%0.0%0.0%13.4%0.0%0.0%24.4%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 50.0%–25.0%43.8%50.0%46.2%25.0%–
Sick days per teacher 2.4–0.51.11.11.10.5–

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, 11.8% of pupils at St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 9 3
Speech, language and communication needs 8 2
Moderate learning difficulty 4 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 0
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Physical disability 0 1

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 St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead received £6,239 and spent £6,127 for each of its 214 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £316,000 (£1,474 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of All Saints Academy Trust, income was £6,405 and spending £6,427 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £256,000£310,000£342,000£286,000£315,000£289,000£316,000
per pupil £1,184£1,434£1,592£1,314£1,445£1,310£1,474
In-year balance -£29,000£55,000£8,000-£3,000£21,000-£27,000£24,000
per pupil -£136£255£39-£14£97-£120£112

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.

Name Distance
Richard de Clare Community Academy
Parsonage Street, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2JT
0.59 miles
Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead
Beridge Road, Halstead, Essex, CO9 1JH
0.85 miles
Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School
Green Farm Road, Colne Engaine, Essex, CO6 2HA
2.06 miles
St Giles' Church of England Primary School
Church Street, Great Maplestead, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2RG
2.28 miles
Gosfield Community Primary School
The Street, Gosfield, Gosfield Community Primary School, Halstead, Essex, CO9 1ST
2.53 miles
St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh
The Street, Pebmarsh, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2NH
2.63 miles
St Margaret's Preparatory School
Gosfield Hall Park, Halstead, CO9 1SE
2.91 miles
Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery
Park Lane, Earls Colne, Colchester, Essex, CO6 2RH
2.91 miles
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible Hedingham
School Road, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3NR
3.22 miles
de Vere Primary School
Kirby Hall Road, Castle Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3EA
3.81 miles
Stisted Church of England Primary Academy
The Street, Stisted, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8AN
4.1 miles
Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School
The Street, Chappel, Colchester, Essex, CO6 2DD
4.95 miles
Name Distance
The Ramsey Academy, Halstead
Colne Road, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2HR
0.16 miles
Gosfield School
1.92 miles
The Yellow House School
1 Alderford Street, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3HX
2.82 miles
Teaseldown School
Sugar Loaves, 175 Swan Street, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3PX
3.26 miles
Hedingham School and Sixth Form
Yeldham Road, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3QH
3.51 miles

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St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead is part of All Saints Academy Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead have?

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead has 211 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead cover?

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 82% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead?

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead is at Mathews Close, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2BH.

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