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Gosfield Community Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 134 pupils Halstead
Ofsted: Good
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Gosfield Community Primary School is an academy converter in Halstead for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 134 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Gosfield Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2016 of its predecessor, Gosfield Community Primary School. In 2025, 35% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: May 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address The Street
Gosfield
Gosfield Community Primary School
Halstead
Essex
CO9 1ST
Phone 01787472266
Reference Number 146725

General Makeup

Number of pupils 134
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 45.52%
Girls: 54.48%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 0.7%

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 13 6 19
2 4 16 20
3 4 13 17
4 11 9 20
5 10 8 18
6 8 12 20

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 94%
Irish 2.2%
White & Black (African) 1.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
African 0.7%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Gosfield Community Primary School, inspected in November 2016.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 02 Mar 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
02 Mar 2023 School inspection
08 Jan 2019 Academy conversion letter
15 Nov 2016 Short inspection
Previously as Gosfield Community Primary School
22 Nov 2011 Full inspection:
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
30 Nov 2006 Full inspection:
22 Apr 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 35%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 5%

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 105
Maths 99

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 -1.9
Writing -3
Maths -0.7

How many students meet the standards

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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 17 2
Third Preference 16 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Gosfield Community Primary School had 138 pupils for 140 places. 2 places (1.4%) 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%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 140140140140140140
Pupils 132143140139139138
Unfilled 5.7%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.7%1.4%

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 Gosfield Community Primary School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.9%3.4%6.2%4.3%4.2%4.2%
Unauthorised absence 0.8%0.5%1.3%1.4%1.7%1.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%1.6%0.0%3.1%1.6%

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, 0.7% of pupils at Gosfield Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.00.71.40.00.7
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 Gosfield Community Primary School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.013.913.210.914.413.812.7
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%0.0%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –20.0%44.4%63.6%66.7%66.7%–
Sick days per teacher –0.85.33.52.01.5–

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, 9.0% of pupils at Gosfield Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 5 1
Social, emotional and mental health 3 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 0
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0

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 Gosfield Community Primary School received £6,501 and spent £6,194 for each of its 142 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £66,000 (£468 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Attain Academy Partnership, income was £6,470 and spending £6,381 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £68,000£130,000£154,000£91,000£52,000£66,000
per pupil £490£910£1,100£643£374£468
In-year balance -£22,000£80,000£86,000-£72,000-£15,000£43,000
per pupil -£157£558£614-£512-£106£306

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
St Margaret's Preparatory School
Gosfield Hall Park, Halstead, CO9 1SE
0.41 miles
Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead
Beridge Road, Halstead, Essex, CO9 1JH
1.7 miles
Richard de Clare Community Academy
Parsonage Street, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2JT
2.09 miles
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible Hedingham
School Road, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3NR
2.52 miles
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead
Mathews Close, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2BH
2.53 miles
Bocking Primary School
Church Street, Bocking, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5LA
2.82 miles
Stisted Church of England Primary Academy
The Street, Stisted, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8AN
3.25 miles
St Giles' Church of England Primary School
Church Street, Great Maplestead, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2RG
3.37 miles
de Vere Primary School
Kirby Hall Road, Castle Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3EA
3.79 miles
Lyons Hall School
Deerleap Way, Braintree, Essex, CM7 9FH
3.79 miles
Shalford Primary School
Church End, Shalford, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5EZ
3.79 miles
Great Bradfords Junior School
Marlborough Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 9LW
3.81 miles
Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School
Marlborough Road, Great Bradfords Estate, Braintree, Essex, CM7 9LW
3.81 miles
John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery
Lancaster Way, John Bunyanprimary, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5UL
4.14 miles
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree
Gilchrist Way, Gilchrist Way, Braintree, Essex, CM7 2SY
4.26 miles
Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School
Green Farm Road, Colne Engaine, Essex, CO6 2HA
4.44 miles
Beckers Green Primary School
Beckers Green Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 3PR
4.45 miles
Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School
Silver St, Wethersfield, Wethersfield Primary School, Braintree, Essex, CM7 4BP
4.54 miles
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Maple Avenue, Braintree, Essex, CM7 2NS
4.74 miles
Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery
Park Lane, Earls Colne, Colchester, Essex, CO6 2RH
4.91 miles
Name Distance
Gosfield School
0.7 miles
The Ramsey Academy, Halstead
Colne Road, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2HR
2.44 miles
The Yellow House School
1 Alderford Street, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3HX
2.45 miles
Teaseldown School
Sugar Loaves, 175 Swan Street, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3PX
2.91 miles
Hedingham School and Sixth Form
Yeldham Road, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3QH
3.23 miles
The Edith Borthwick School
Enterprise Drive, Braintree, Essex, CM7 2YN
4.11 miles
Tabor Academy
Panfield Lane, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5XP
4.25 miles
Alec Hunter Academy
Stubbs Lane, Braintree, Essex, CM7 3NR
4.62 miles

All schools in Halstead · Essex local authority: places and applications

Gosfield Community Primary School is part of Attain Academy Partnership, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

What is Gosfield Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Gosfield Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2016 of its predecessor, Gosfield Community Primary School.

When was Gosfield Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Gosfield Community Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Gosfield Community Primary School have?

Gosfield Community Primary School has 134 pupils on roll.

What age range does Gosfield Community Primary School cover?

Gosfield Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 35% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Gosfield Community Primary School?

Gosfield Community Primary School is at The Street, Gosfield, Gosfield Community Primary School, Halstead, Essex, CO9 1ST.

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