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Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery

Primary Ages 4-11 356 pupils Basildon
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Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery is a free schools in Basildon for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 356 pupils on roll. About 78% of its places were empty in 2024/25, far more than at most primary schools, so a place should be easier to come by. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 35.6 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

Type Primary / Free schools
Age Range 4-11
Religion Unknown
Address George Street
Langdon Hills
Basildon
Essex
SS16 5NQ
Phone 01268904434
Reference Number 150736

General Makeup

Number of pupils 356
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.75%
Girls: 52.25%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 7.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 27.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 27.4
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 24.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 26.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 25 26 51
2 15 14 29
3 12 12 24
4 11 22 33
5 10 12 22
6 Unknown Unknown Unknown

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 43%
Indian 21.3%
White, Other 6.2%
Asian, Other 4.8%
African 4.5%
Mixed, Other 4.5%
Unclassified 1.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
White & Black (African) 1.1%
Pakistani 1.1%
Caribbean 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 79 2
Third Preference 28 0
From another Local Authority 6 1

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery had 94 pupils for 420 places. 326 places (77.6%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Basildon Primary C: Town west (Laindon)” planning area

Essex counted 699 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 675 in 2029–30, down 3%.

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 Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 4.0%
Unauthorised absence 1.0%
Severely absent pupils 3.0%

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, 0.0% of pupils at Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.0
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery had 35.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 7.7
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 6.7% of pupils at Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
No specialist assessment of need 11 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 5
Other difficulty or disability 3 1
Speech, language and communication needs 3 1
Social, emotional and mental health 2 0
Moderate learning difficulty 1 0
Severe 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 Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery received £8,602 and spent £5,646 for each of its 206 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £505,000 (£2,450 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Lee Chapel Multi Academy Trust, income was £6,735 and spending £6,108 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £505,000
per pupil £2,450
In-year balance £609,000
per pupil £2,956

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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Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery is part of Lee Chapel Multi Academy Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery have?

Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery has 356 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery cover?

Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery?

Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery is at George Street, Langdon Hills, Basildon, Essex, SS16 5NQ.

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