Voluntary controlled school · Essex

Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School

5–11Ages
44Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
115110URN

Silver St, Wethersfield, Wethersfield Primary School, Braintree, CM7 4BP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

4.0per place

1.6 above Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

12 applications for 3 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

88%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 23 January 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

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

4.0applications per place, Reception

1.6 above Essex median (2.4) 1.8 above England median (2.2)

12 applications · 3 places offered · 2 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 4.0; Essex median median 2.4
2025 3.3; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
2023 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.9; Essex median median 2.4
2021 1.3; Essex median median 2.3
2020 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
2019 1.7; Essex median median 2.5
2018 3.1; Essex median median 2.5
2017 1.9; Essex median median 2.6
2016 2.8; Essex median median 2.8
2015 2.2; Essex median median 2.7
2014 2.2; Essex median median 2.8

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	3	12	4.0	2	0.67
Sep 2025	3	10	3.3	3	1.00
Sep 2024	7	14	2.0	7	1.00
Sep 2023	6	11	1.8	6	1.00
Sep 2022	8	23	2.9	8	1.00
Sep 2021	11	14	1.3	9	0.82
Sep 2020	8	15	1.9	7	0.88
Sep 2019	7	12	1.7	6	0.86
Sep 2018	8	25	3.1	8	1.00
Sep 2017	11	21	1.9	11	1.00
Sep 2016	14	39	2.8	17	1.21
Sep 2015	15	33	2.2	15	1.00
Sep 2014	11	24	2.2	11	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 88% · Writing 88% · Maths 88% → all three 88% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard88%12th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard88%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard50%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard88%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard88%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard25%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (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	88%	0%	107	105
2023/24	50%	0%	102	102
2022/23	83%	33%	112	111

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

Wethersfield CofE VC Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

4.0applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy
2.6 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

1.8applications per place
Great Bardfield Primary School
3.2 km · Essex

2026

2.2applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Shalford Primary School
3.4 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

2.2applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Toppesfield
6.9 km · Essex

Good2022

1.3applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible Hedingham
7.1 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.2applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
Bocking Primary School
7.3 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.6applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Gosfield Community Primary School
7.3 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.2applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
Great Sampford Community Primary School
7.8 km · Essex

Good2023

2.6applications per place 75%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: 115110 · 881/3212
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 89 pupils · 44 on roll
Free school meals: 6.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Silver St, Wethersfield, Wethersfield Primary School, Braintree, CM7 4BP
Local authority: Essex · Braintree

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