Schoolfile
Search

Academy converter · Essex

Rochford Primary and Nursery School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 239Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 140747URN

6 Ashingdon Road, Rochford, SS4 1NJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
0.6 above Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

90 applications for 30 places · 79th of 363 in Essex
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
77%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 June 2026Published 5 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsStrong standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong 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

  1. 2 June 2026
    Report card · 7 Strong standard
  2. 23 February 2022
    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
3.0applications per place, Reception
0.6 above Essex median (2.4) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

90 applications · 30 places offered · 34 named it first

  1. 2026 3.0; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.8; Essex median median 2.4
  4. 2023 3.2; Essex median median 2.4
  5. 2022 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
  6. 2021 2.8; Essex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 3.0; Essex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 3.0; Essex median median 2.5
  9. 2018 3.3; Essex median median 2.5
  10. 2017 3.6; Essex median median 2.6
  11. 2016 3.3; Essex median median 2.8
  12. 2015 3.3; Essex median median 2.7
  13. 2014 3.9; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Essex median in 12 of 12 years.
  • This school
  • Essex median

Dashed bars: as Rochford Primary and Nursery School (URN 115315), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202630903.0341.13
Sep 202530742.5301.00
Sep 202430842.8401.33
Sep 202330963.2290.97
Sep 202230762.5270.90
Sep 202130852.8321.07
Sep 202030913.0371.23
Sep 201930903.0361.20
Sep 2018301003.3331.10
Sep 2017291053.6461.59
Sep 201630983.3351.17
Sep 2015301003.3341.13
Sep 2014 *301163.9401.33

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 87% · Writing 83% · Maths 90% → all three 77% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard77%65th of 387 in Essex
Reading
Expected standard87%
Higher standard37%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard83%
Greater depth30%
Maths
Expected standard90%
Higher standard30%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Essex median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2577%23%105106
2023/2472%3%104105
2022/2371%11%106107

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

  • 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 converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
140747 · 881/5275
Trust
South East Essex Academy Trust
Capacity
248 pupils · 239 on roll
Free school meals
32.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 April 2014
Replaced
Rochford Primary and Nursery School (URN 115315)
Address
6 Ashingdon Road, Rochford, SS4 1NJ
Local authority
Essex · Rochford

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