Felmore Primary School

Felmore Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating in all inspected areas including the quality of education and leadership. The school provides a nurturing and inclusive environment where pupils thrive, feeling safe and valued. Staff have high expectations and prioritize personal as well as academic development, which contributes to positive relationships among pupils and staff. This is the school's first inspection under section 5 since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the inspectors noted that most parents hold positive views about the school's work and support.

Strengths

• Welcoming and inclusive environment for all pupils
• Strong focus on personal and academic development
• High expectations from staff for pupil behavior and performance
• Well-organized and ambitious curriculum that supports knowledge retention
• Strong emphasis on reading and phonics instruction
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs
• Positive relationships and communication between staff and parents
• Comprehensive strategies in safeguarding and pupil well-being

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment information in foundation subjects
• Variable quality of written work across the curriculum

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 Felmore Primary School attended 93.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.8% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Felmore 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 Felmore Primary School had 22.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.0% 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, 22.0% of pupils at Felmore Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 Felmore Primary School received £7,402 and spent £7,294 for each of its 411 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £177,000 (£430 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Berlesduna Academy Trust, income was £7,659 and spending £7,506 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 Basildon · Essex local authority: places and applications

Felmore Primary School is part of Berlesduna Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Whitmore Primary School and Nursery Basildon
• The Willows Primary School Basildon
• Fairhouse Community Primary School Basildon
• Cherry Tree Primary School Basildon
• Crays Hill Primary School Billericay
• Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Billericay
• St Nicholas Church of England Primary School Rayleigh
• Merrylands Primary School Basildon
• St Mary's Church of England Primary School Chelmsford
• Canewdon Church of England Primary School Rochford

What is Felmore Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Felmore Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Felmore Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Felmore Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Felmore Primary School have?

Felmore Primary School has 386 pupils on roll.

What age range does Felmore Primary School cover?

Felmore Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Felmore Primary School?

Felmore Primary School is at Davenants, Pitsea, Basildon, Essex, SS13 1QX.