Academy sponsor led · Essex

Heybridge Primary School

2–11Ages
428Pupils
PrimaryPhase
138994URN

Rowan Drive, Heybridge, Maldon, CM9 4TU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.3per place

1.1 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

70 applications for 55 places · 349th 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 · 19 January 2023Ofsted'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

19 January 2023
Graded inspection: Good
3 November 2021
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

1.3applications per place, Reception

1.1 below Essex median (2.4) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

70 applications · 55 places offered · 44 named it first

2026 1.3; Essex median median 2.4
2025 1.1; Essex median median 2.4
2024 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
2023 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
2022 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2021 1.6; Essex median median 2.3
2020 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
2019 1.5; Essex median median 2.5
2018 1.5; Essex median median 2.5
2017 1.5; Essex median median 2.6
2016 1.6; Essex median median 2.8
2015 1.3; Essex median median 2.7
2014 1.2; 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	55	70	1.3	44	0.80
Sep 2025	42	46	1.1	26	0.62
Sep 2024	46	65	1.4	42	0.91
Sep 2023	60	88	1.5	48	0.80
Sep 2022	60	105	1.8	65	1.08
Sep 2021	60	98	1.6	48	0.80
Sep 2020	49	79	1.6	44	0.90
Sep 2019	40	61	1.5	39	0.98
Sep 2018	38	55	1.5	35	0.92
Sep 2017	46	70	1.5	46	1.00
Sep 2016	38	62	1.6	37	0.97
Sep 2015	31	40	1.3	24	0.77
Sep 2014	29	36	1.2	23	0.79

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 78% · Maths 74% → 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 standard72%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard22%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard78%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth18%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard74%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard34%

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	64%	12%	104	104
2023/24	54%	12%	105	103
2022/23	34%	4%	102	101

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

Heybridge Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

1.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Maldon Primary School
2.0 km · Essex

Good2023

2.1applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon
2.1 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

3.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
2.4 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

4.0applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Wentworth Primary School
2.9 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Limebrook Primary School and Nursery
3.7 km · Essex

Not yet inspected

3.1applications per place
Great Totham Primary School
3.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.5applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy
5.6 km · Essex

Some aspects not as strong2024

2.6applications per place
Purleigh Community Primary School
6.6 km · Essex

Good2024

3.2applications per place 74%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 138994 · 881/2030
Trust: The Kemnal Academies Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 420 pupils · 428 on roll
Free school meals: 33.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 December 2012
Replaced: Heybridge Primary School (URN 115296)
Address: Rowan Drive, Heybridge, Maldon, CM9 4TU
Local authority: Essex · Maldon

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