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Doddinghurst Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 177Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 114969URN

Church Lane, Doddinghurst, Brentwood, CM15 0NJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.3 below Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

123 applications for 60 places · 237th of 363 in Essex
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 29 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.3 below Essex median (2.4) close to England median (2.2)

123 applications · 60 places offered · 73 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
  5. 2022 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
  6. 2021 2.2; Essex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 1.8; Essex median median 2.5
  9. 2018 2.2; Essex median median 2.5
  10. 2017 2.4; Essex median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.0; Essex median median 2.8
  12. 2015 1.9; Essex median median 2.7
  13. 2014 2.1; Essex median median 2.8
More applications per place than the Essex median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Essex median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026601232.1731.22
Sep 202548851.8430.90
Sep 202452951.8410.79
Sep 202350841.7430.86
Sep 202233782.4310.94
Sep 202139852.2330.85
Sep 2020421042.5390.93
Sep 201949901.8470.96
Sep 2018601342.2621.03
Sep 201742992.4390.93
Sep 2016601212.0580.97
Sep 2015541031.9460.85
Sep 201444912.1380.86

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
114969 · 881/2729
Capacity
180 pupils · 177 on roll
Free school meals
11.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Church Lane, Doddinghurst, Brentwood, CM15 0NJ
Local authority
Essex · Brentwood

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources