Academy converter · Essex

Purleigh Community Primary School

4–11Ages
206Pupils
PrimaryPhase
140744URN

Pump Lane, Purleigh, Chelmsford, CM3 6PJ · 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

3.2per place

0.8 above Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

95 applications for 30 places · 58th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

74%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 · 1 May 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
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

3.2applications per place, Reception

0.8 above Essex median (2.4) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

95 applications · 30 places offered · 26 named it first

2026 3.2; Essex median median 2.4
2025 3.8; Essex median median 2.4
2024 3.5; Essex median median 2.4
2023 3.6; Essex median median 2.4
2022 3.0; Essex median median 2.4
2021 3.5; Essex median median 2.3
2020 4.0; Essex median median 2.4
2019 3.1; Essex median median 2.5
2018 3.0; Essex median median 2.5
2017 3.0; Essex median median 2.6
2016 3.2; Essex median median 2.8
2015 2.5; Essex median median 2.7
2014 3.3; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Essex median in 11 of 12 years.

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Purleigh Community Primary School (URN 114918), the previous school.

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	30	95	3.2	26	0.87
Sep 2025	30	115	3.8	35	1.17
Sep 2024	30	105	3.5	30	1.00
Sep 2023	30	109	3.6	36	1.20
Sep 2022	30	89	3.0	28	0.93
Sep 2021	25	88	3.5	22	0.88
Sep 2020	30	121	4.0	31	1.03
Sep 2019	30	93	3.1	28	0.93
Sep 2018	30	89	3.0	22	0.73
Sep 2017	30	90	3.0	33	1.10
Sep 2016	30	96	3.2	33	1.10
Sep 2015	30	74	2.5	24	0.80
Sep 2014 *	30	99	3.3	32	1.07

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 89% · Writing 81% · Maths 81% → all three 74% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard74%100th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard89%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard19%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard81%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth26%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard81%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard26%

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	74%	7%	107	108
2023/24	57%	13%	106	103
2022/23	65%	3%	107	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

Purleigh Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

3.2applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Cold Norton Primary School
2.2 km · Essex

Good2024

3.0applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Limebrook Primary School and Nursery
3.1 km · Essex

Not yet inspected

3.1applications per place
Wentworth Primary School
3.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Maldon Primary School
4.7 km · Essex

Good2023

2.1applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
4.7 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

4.0applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
St Mary's Church of England Primary School
4.7 km · Essex

Good2024

1.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon
5.0 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

3.7applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Priory Primary School, Bicknacre
5.1 km · Essex

2026

1.9applications per place 63%met the SATs standard

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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 converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140744 · 881/2620
Trust: Quantum Multi-Academy Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 206 on roll
Free school meals: 9.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2014
Replaced: Purleigh Community Primary School (URN 114918)
Address: Pump Lane, Purleigh, Chelmsford, CM3 6PJ
Local authority: Essex · Maldon

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