Academy sponsor led · Essex

Briscoe Primary School & Nursery

2–11Ages
335Pupils
PrimaryPhase
138404URN

Felmores End, Pitsea, Basildon, SS13 1PN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJul 2014

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.6 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

78 applications for 43 places · 286th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

80%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJul 2014

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Mar 2024

Inspection history

13 March 2024
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
9 July 2014
Graded inspection: 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

1.8applications per place, Reception

0.6 below Essex median (2.4) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

78 applications · 43 places offered · 42 named it first

2026 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2025 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
2023 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
2021 1.6; Essex median median 2.3
2020 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
2019 1.9; 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 2.1; 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	43	78	1.8	42	0.98
Sep 2025	36	66	1.8	30	0.83
Sep 2024	38	79	2.1	36	0.95
Sep 2023	37	84	2.3	36	0.97
Sep 2022	42	83	2.0	40	0.95
Sep 2021	45	71	1.6	45	1.00
Sep 2020	45	88	2.0	47	1.04
Sep 2019	43	82	1.9	39	0.91
Sep 2018	45	75	1.7	40	0.89
Sep 2017	45	91	2.0	47	1.04
Sep 2016	45	90	2.0	38	0.84
Sep 2015	40	85	2.1	34	0.85
Sep 2014	30	62	2.1	30	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 80% · Writing 80% · Maths 87% → all three 80% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard80%41st of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard80%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard49%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard80%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard87%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard42%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (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	80%	9%	107	108
2023/24	60%	7%	105	103
2022/23	61%	7%	105	104

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

Briscoe Primary School & NurseryThis school
This school

Remains Good2024

1.8applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Felmore Primary School
0.2 km · Essex

Good2023

2.1applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Northlands Primary School and Nursery
0.9 km · Essex

Good2024

1.6applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Eversley Primary School
1.0 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

2.4applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon
1.4 km · Essex

2026

2.0applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Greensted Primary School & Nursery
1.5 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Maple Grove Primary School
1.6 km · Essex

2026

2.1applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Whitmore Primary School and Nursery
1.8 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

1.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
St Margaret's Church of England Academy, Bowers Gifford
2.0 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.8applications per place 32%met the SATs standard

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

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School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 138404 · 881/2024
Trust: Hearts Academy Trust
Capacity: 315 pupils · 335 on roll
Free school meals: 50.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2012
Replaced: Briscoe Primary School and Nursery (URN 114956); Briscoe Junior School (URN 114963)
Address: Felmores End, Pitsea, Basildon, SS13 1PN
Local authority: Essex · Basildon

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