Voluntary controlled school · Essex

Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

4–11Ages
62Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
115099URN

The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LU · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Sheering CofE Primary School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.4per place

close to Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

17 applications for 7 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

50%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 29 April 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education		Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes		Requires improvement
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management		Requires improvement
Early years provision	Good

Inspection history

29 April 2025
Graded inspection, no overall grade
17 December 2019
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

2.4applications per place, Reception

close to Essex median (2.4) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

17 applications · 7 places offered · 2 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.9; Essex median median 2.4
2024 3.8; Essex median median 2.4
2023 3.3; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.9; Essex median median 2.4
2021 3.3; Essex median median 2.3
2020 4.2; Essex median median 2.4
2019 3.5; Essex median median 2.5
2018 3.1; Essex median median 2.5
2017 4.3; Essex median median 2.6
2016 3.4; Essex median median 2.8
2015 2.5; Essex median median 2.7
2014 3.7; Essex median median 2.8

More applications per place than the Essex median in 12 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	7	17	2.4	2	0.29
Sep 2025	7	20	2.9	4	0.57
Sep 2024	8	30	3.8	6	0.75
Sep 2023	14	46	3.3	10	0.71
Sep 2022	14	40	2.9	14	1.00
Sep 2021	14	46	3.3	10	0.71
Sep 2020	15	63	4.2	17	1.13
Sep 2019	15	53	3.5	13	0.87
Sep 2018	14	43	3.1	13	0.93
Sep 2017	15	65	4.3	20	1.33
Sep 2016	14	47	3.4	9	0.64
Sep 2015	15	38	2.5	6	0.40
Sep 2014	15	56	3.7	11	0.73

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 75% · Writing 63% · Maths 81% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%314th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard75%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard13%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard63%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard81%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard25%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Essex median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	50%	0%	105	104
2023/24	33%	0%	103	100
2022/23	33%	13%	104	100

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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

Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.4applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Hatfield Heath Primary School
1.8 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

3.2applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Fawbert and Barnard Infants' School
2.5 km · Hertfordshire

Outstanding2024

2.1applications per place
Reedings Junior School
2.7 km · Hertfordshire

Remains Good · improving2024

77%met the SATs standard
Mandeville Primary School
3.1 km · Hertfordshire

Good2023

2.2applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow
3.5 km · Essex

Good2024

2.5applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
3.5 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

2.2applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Harlowbury Primary School
3.6 km · Essex

2026

2.4applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Spellbrook CofE Primary School
3.8 km · Hertfordshire

2026

3.3applications per place 53%met the SATs standard

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: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 115099 · 881/3131
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 105 pupils · 62 on roll
Free school meals: 27.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: The Street, Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 7LU
Local authority: Essex · Epping Forest

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