Foundation school · Essex

Thaxted Primary School

5–11Ages
228Pupils
PrimaryPhase
115288URN

Bardfield Road, Thaxted, Dunmow, CM6 2LW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.3per place

close to Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

36 applications for 16 places · 191st of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

64%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 · 8 May 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

Inspection history

8 May 2024
Graded inspection: Good
3 February 2023
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

2.3applications per place, Reception

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

36 applications · 16 places offered · 13 named it first

2026 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
2025 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
2023 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
2022 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
2021 1.5; Essex median median 2.3
2020 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
2019 1.7; Essex median median 2.5
2018 1.7; Essex median median 2.5
2017 2.0; Essex median median 2.6
2016 2.0; Essex median median 2.8
2015 2.1; Essex median median 2.7
2014 1.9; Essex median median 2.8

More applications per place than the Essex median in 0 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	16	36	2.3	13	0.81
Sep 2025	31	49	1.6	26	0.84
Sep 2024	19	43	2.3	17	0.89
Sep 2023	38	65	1.7	40	1.05
Sep 2022	38	57	1.5	34	0.89
Sep 2021	36	55	1.5	35	0.97
Sep 2020	38	60	1.6	35	0.92
Sep 2019	32	53	1.7	32	1.00
Sep 2018	33	56	1.7	33	1.00
Sep 2017	29	58	2.0	28	0.97
Sep 2016	34	68	2.0	28	0.82
Sep 2015	38	79	2.1	33	0.87
Sep 2014	24	45	1.9	20	0.83

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 69% · Maths 81% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard64%205th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard83%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard39%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard69%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard81%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard31%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (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	64%	11%	108	106
2023/24	70%	3%	106	105
2022/23	49%	8%	106	102

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

Thaxted Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

2.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
5.0 km · Essex

Good2024

3.0applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
Wimbish Primary Academy
5.2 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

1.2applications per place
Great Sampford Community Primary School
5.5 km · Essex

Good2023

2.6applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy
6.4 km · Essex

Good2023

2.8applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
Great Bardfield Primary School
6.4 km · Essex

2026

2.2applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
6.6 km · Essex

Good2024

1.5applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Henham and Ugley Primary and Nursery School
7.2 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy
7.6 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

1.8applications per place

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: Foundation school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 115288 · 881/5248
Capacity: 266 pupils · 228 on roll
Free school meals: 11.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Bardfield Road, Thaxted, Dunmow, CM6 2LW
Local authority: Essex · Uttlesford

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