Voluntary aided school · Essex

St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald

5–11Ages
454Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Church of EnglandReligious character
115164URN

Wigley Bush Lane, South Weald, Brentwood, CM14 5QN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.8per place

1.5 above Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

230 applications for 60 places · 21st of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

98%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 18 November 2025Published 12 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard
Inclusion		Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching		Strong standard
Achievement	Exceptional
Attendance and behaviour		Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Strong standard
Early years		Strong standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Strong standard

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

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Inspection history

18 November 2025
Report card · 1 Exceptional, 6 Strong standard
29 November 2023
Graded inspection: Outstanding

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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

3.8applications per place, Reception

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

230 applications · 60 places offered · 110 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 3.8; Essex median median 2.4
2025 3.8; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
2023 3.0; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.9; Essex median median 2.4
2021 3.1; Essex median median 2.3
2020 4.4; Essex median median 2.4
2019 3.7; Essex median median 2.5
2018 3.1; Essex median median 2.5
2017 4.7; Essex median median 2.6
2016 4.6; Essex median median 2.8
2015 4.4; Essex median median 2.7
2014 4.8; 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	60	230	3.8	110	1.83
Sep 2025	60	226	3.8	100	1.67
Sep 2024	90	192	2.1	101	1.12
Sep 2023	59	176	3.0	68	1.15
Sep 2022	60	173	2.9	72	1.20
Sep 2021	58	178	3.1	71	1.22
Sep 2020	45	196	4.4	94	2.09
Sep 2019	60	219	3.7	101	1.68
Sep 2018	60	186	3.1	65	1.08
Sep 2017	45	211	4.7	68	1.51
Sep 2016	45	206	4.6	68	1.51
Sep 2015	45	200	4.4	72	1.60
Sep 2014	44	212	4.8	66	1.50

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 98% · Writing 98% · Maths 100% → all three 98% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard98%2nd of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard98%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard58%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard98%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth35%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard100%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard60%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 111 (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	98%	28%	110	111
2023/24	94%	26%	110	110
2022/23	89%	23%	110	109

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

St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South WealdThis school
This school

2025

3.8applications per place 98%met the SATs standard
Holly Trees Primary School
1.9 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Drapers' Maylands Primary School
2.1 km · Havering

2025

2.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Larchwood Primary School
2.2 km · Essex

Good2024

2.4applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School
2.4 km · Havering

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.4applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
St Helen's Catholic Infant & Nursery School
2.7 km · Essex

Good2024

2.8applications per place
St Helen's Catholic Junior School
2.7 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

78%met the SATs standard
St Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Aided Primary School, Brentwood
2.7 km · Essex

2026

1.7applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Warley Primary School
2.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.6applications per place 67%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 aided school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 115164 · 881/3462
Religious character: Church of England
Capacity: 352 pupils · 454 on roll
Free school meals: 3.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Wigley Bush Lane, South Weald, Brentwood, CM14 5QN
Local authority: Essex · Brentwood

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