Academy sponsor led · Essex

Ravens Academy

4–11Ages
262Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139641URN

Nayland Drive, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 8TZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.5per place

0.9 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

30 applications for 20 places · 336th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

41%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 · 28 February 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

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

1.5applications per place, Reception

0.9 below Essex median (2.4) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

30 applications · 20 places offered · 18 named it first

2026 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
2025 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
2024 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
2023 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
2022 1.2; Essex median median 2.4
2021 1.8; Essex median median 2.3
2020 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
2019 1.7; Essex median median 2.5
2018 1.2; Essex median median 2.5
2017 1.9; Essex median median 2.6
2016 1.0; Essex median median 2.8
2015 0.9; Essex median median 2.7
2014 1.3; 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	20	30	1.5	18	0.90
Sep 2025	26	44	1.7	24	0.92
Sep 2024	30	44	1.5	31	1.03
Sep 2023	26	35	1.4	20	0.77
Sep 2022	27	33	1.2	22	0.81
Sep 2021	20	36	1.8	19	0.95
Sep 2020	44	63	1.4	43	0.98
Sep 2019	31	52	1.7	25	0.81
Sep 2018	54	66	1.2	36	0.67
Sep 2017	28	53	1.9	25	0.89
Sep 2016	59	59	1.0	34	0.58
Sep 2015	57	49	0.9	29	0.51
Sep 2014	25	32	1.3	12	0.48

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 57% · Writing 54% · Maths 59% → all three 41% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard41%354th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard57%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard18%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard54%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth2%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard59%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard13%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 100 (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	41%	2%	101	100
2023/24	41%	2%	100	102
2022/23	33%	0%	101	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

Ravens AcademyThis school
This school

Good2024

1.5applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
St Clare's Catholic Primary School
0.2 km · Essex

Remains Good · improving2024

1.8applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Oakwood Infant and Nursery School
1.2 km · Essex

2026

1.5applications per place
Cann Hall Primary School
1.2 km · Essex

Good2022

2.3applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
White Hall Academy and Nursery
1.3 km · Essex

Good2024

1.7applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Alton Park Junior School
1.3 km · Essex

Requires improvement2024

35%met the SATs standard
Sir Martin Frobisher Academy
1.7 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.4applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Great Clacton Church of England Junior School
2.4 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

47%met the SATs standard
Burrsville Infant Academy
2.5 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

2.1applications 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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139641 · 881/2067
Trust: Academy Transformation Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 262 on roll
Free school meals: 72.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2013
Replaced: Ravenscroft Primary School (URN 114766)
Address: Nayland Drive, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 8TZ
Local authority: Essex · Tendring

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