Academy sponsor led · Thurrock

Purfleet Primary Academy

3–11Ages
619Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139380URN

Tank Hill Road, Purfleet Primary Academy, Purfleet-on-Thames, RM19 1TA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.3per place

1.0 below Thurrock median (2.3)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Thurrock

86 applications for 68 places · 36th of 38 in Thurrock

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

65%met the expected standard

Thurrock 69% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 10 March 2026Published 30 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years		Expected standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Expected standard

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

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

10 March 2026
Report card · 7 Expected standard
17 November 2021
Ungraded inspection: School remains 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

1.3applications per place, Reception

1.0 below Thurrock median (2.3) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

86 applications · 68 places offered · 67 named it first

2026 1.3; Thurrock median median 2.3
2025 1.3; Thurrock median median 2.2
2024 1.3; Thurrock median median 2.2
2023 1.2; Thurrock median median 2.1
2022 1.2; Thurrock median median 2.1
2021 1.1; Thurrock median median 2.0
2020 1.1; Thurrock median median 2.1
2019 1.3; Thurrock median median 2.1
2018 1.2; Thurrock median median 1.9
2017 1.1; Thurrock median median 2.2
2016 0.9; Thurrock median median 2.0
2015 0.8; Thurrock median median 1.9
2014 0.7; Thurrock median median 1.6

More applications per place than the Thurrock median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Thurrock 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	68	86	1.3	67	0.99
Sep 2025	88	113	1.3	85	0.97
Sep 2024	69	88	1.3	63	0.91
Sep 2023	74	89	1.2	65	0.88
Sep 2022	56	69	1.2	53	0.95
Sep 2021	74	81	1.1	71	0.96
Sep 2020	90	99	1.1	81	0.90
Sep 2019	68	85	1.3	63	0.93
Sep 2018	70	82	1.2	68	0.97
Sep 2017	71	77	1.1	62	0.87
Sep 2016	78	67	0.9	47	0.60
Sep 2015	78	61	0.8	51	0.65
Sep 2014	73	51	0.7	41	0.56

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 78% · Maths 75% → all three 65% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard65%28th of 39 in Thurrock

Thurrock 69% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard78%

Thurrock 80% England 78%

Higher standard25%

Thurrock 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard78%

Thurrock 82% England 75%

Greater depth24%

Thurrock 19% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Thurrock 83% England 77%

Higher standard23%

Thurrock 27% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Thurrock median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	65%	10%	105	104
2023/24	68%	8%	105	104
2022/23	65%	12%	106	105

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

Purfleet Primary AcademyThis school
This school

2026

1.3applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Aveley Primary School
2.4 km · Thurrock

Good2023

2.2applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
Dartford Bridge Community Primary School
2.6 km · Kent

Good2024

1.6applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Kenningtons Primary Academy
2.8 km · Thurrock

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
West Thurrock Academy
3.2 km · Thurrock

Good2022

2.1applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
St. Paul's (Slade Green) Church of England Primary School
3.3 km · Bexley

Good2023

2.9applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Haberdashers' Slade Green Primary
3.3 km · Bexley

Good2024

2.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Temple Hill Primary Academy
3.6 km · Kent

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.1applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
River Mill Primary School
3.7 km · Kent

Good2023

2.6applications per place 83%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139380 · 883/2002
Trust: Reach2 Academy Trust
Capacity: 630 pupils · 619 on roll
Free school meals: 33.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2013
Replaced: Purfleet Primary School (URN 114866)
Address: Tank Hill Road, Purfleet Primary Academy, Purfleet-on-Thames, RM19 1TA
Local authority: Thurrock

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