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Beckers Green Primary School

Primary Ages 5-11 317 pupils Braintree
Ofsted: Good
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Beckers Green Primary School is an academy converter in Braintree for pupils aged 5 to 11. It has 317 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Beckers Green Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2017 of its predecessor, Beckers Green Primary School. In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: September 2023. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 5-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Beckers Green Road
Braintree
Essex
CM7 3PR
Phone 01376322687
Reference Number 147816

General Makeup

Number of pupils 317
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.26%
Girls: 51.74%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 31.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 17.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30.2
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 30
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 20 24 44
2 26 20 46
3 25 21 46
4 20 25 45
5 16 30 46
6 26 19 45

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 69.4%
White, Other 11.4%
African 4.1%
Indian 2.2%
Asian, Other 1.9%
Mixed, Other 1.6%
White & Asian 1.3%
White & Black (African) 1.3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.9%
Unclassified 0.6%
Pakistani 0.6%
Caribbean 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Beckers Green Primary School, inspected in November 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 27 Jun 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
27 Jun 2023 School inspection
13 Oct 2020 Monitoring visit
04 Sep 2020 Academy conversion letter
30 Nov 2017 Short inspection
Previously as Beckers Green Primary School
17 Jan 2013 Full inspection:
07 Mar 2011 Full inspection:
18 May 2010 Monitoring visit
17 Jun 2008 Full inspection:
13 Oct 2003 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 60%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 11%

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 104
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 3.6
Writing 1.3
Maths 4.5

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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 31 0
Third Preference 28 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Beckers Green Primary School had 314 pupils for 360 places. 46 places (12.8%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Braintree Primary E: Southwest (Braintree)” planning area

Essex counted 654 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 685 in 2029–30, up 5%.

20212022202320242025
Places 360360360360360
Pupils 307309315315314
Unfilled 14.7%14.2%12.5%12.5%12.8%

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 Beckers Green Primary School attended 93.7% 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

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.7%5.4%5.3%4.6%4.3%
Unauthorised absence 1.0%1.8%1.8%1.3%2.0%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%1.4%0.4%1.4%

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, 2.2% of pupils at Beckers Green Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 3.11.93.54.87.66.9
Permanent exclusions 000011

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 Beckers Green Primary School had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.610.410.19.710.911.4
Teachers who left state teaching 22.1%10.0%6.5%6.8%14.3%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –73.7%64.7%56.3%52.9%–
Sick days per teacher –7.02.01.63.0–

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, 18.6% of pupils at Beckers Green Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.3% 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 25 7
No specialist assessment of need 17 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 8
Social, emotional and mental health 9 1
Specific learning difficulty 3 3
Moderate learning difficulty 1 1
Physical disability 2 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 Beckers Green Primary School received £7,222 and spent £7,027 for each of its 317 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £122,000 (£384 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Saffron Academy Trust, income was £7,613 and spending £7,555 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £99,000£130,000£128,000£199,000£122,000
per pupil £319£419£408£633£384
In-year balance £36,000£93,000£94,000£53,000£62,000
per pupil £117£299£301£169£195

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
Lyons Hall School
Deerleap Way, Braintree, Essex, CM7 9FH
0.67 miles
Great Bradfords Junior School
Marlborough Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 9LW
0.98 miles
Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School
Marlborough Road, Great Bradfords Estate, Braintree, Essex, CM7 9LW
0.98 miles
Cressing Primary School
Braintree Road, Tye Green, Cressing, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8JE
1.3 miles
John Ray Infant School
Notley Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 1HL
1.3 miles
John Ray Junior School
Notley Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 1HL
1.3 miles
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree
Gilchrist Way, Gilchrist Way, Braintree, Essex, CM7 2SY
1.53 miles
John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery
Lancaster Way, John Bunyanprimary, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5UL
1.71 miles
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Maple Avenue, Braintree, Essex, CM7 2NS
1.82 miles
Stisted Church of England Primary Academy
The Street, Stisted, Braintree, Essex, CM77 8AN
1.95 miles
Notley Green Primary School
Blickling Road, Great Notley, Braintree, Essex, CM77 7ZJ
2.28 miles
Bocking Primary School
Church Street, Bocking, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5LA
2.3 miles
White Court School
Ennerdale Avenue, Great Notley, Braintree, Essex, CM77 7UE
2.45 miles
White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Vicarage Avenue, White Notley, Witham, Essex, CM8 1RZ
2.86 miles
Silver End Academy
School Road, Silver End, Witham, Essex, CM8 3RZ
2.89 miles
Rayne Primary and Nursery School
Capel Road, Rayne, Braintree, CM77 6BZ
3.23 miles
Rivenhall Church of England Primary School
Church Road, Rivenhall, Witham, Essex, CM8 3PQ
4.38 miles
Gosfield Community Primary School
The Street, Gosfield, Gosfield Community Primary School, Halstead, Essex, CO9 1ST
4.45 miles
Great Leighs Primary School
Aragon Road, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 1RP
4.48 miles
St Margaret's Preparatory School
Gosfield Hall Park, Halstead, CO9 1SE
4.48 miles
Name Distance
Alec Hunter Academy
Stubbs Lane, Braintree, Essex, CM7 3NR
0.26 miles
Notley High School and Sixth Form
Notley Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 1WY
1.44 miles
Tabor Academy
Panfield Lane, Braintree, Essex, CM7 5XP
1.91 miles
The Edith Borthwick School
Enterprise Drive, Braintree, Essex, CM7 2YN
2.02 miles
Southview School
Conrad Road, Witham, Essex, CM8 2TA
4.49 miles
Lift New Rickstones
Conrad Road, Witham, Essex, CM8 2SD
4.51 miles
Chatten Free School
Rickstones Road, Rivenhall, Essex, CM8 3HH
4.51 miles
Honywood School
Westfield Drive, Coggeshall, Colchester, Essex, CO6 1PZ
4.61 miles
Gosfield School
4.99 miles

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Beckers Green Primary School is part of Saffron Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

What is Beckers Green Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Beckers Green Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2017 of its predecessor, Beckers Green Primary School.

When was Beckers Green Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Beckers Green Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Beckers Green Primary School have?

Beckers Green Primary School has 317 pupils on roll.

What age range does Beckers Green Primary School cover?

Beckers Green Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

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

Where is Beckers Green Primary School?

Beckers Green Primary School is at Beckers Green Road, Braintree, Essex, CM7 3PR.

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