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Waterman Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 67Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 141715URN

The Boulevard, Rochford, SS4 1QF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.8per place
0.5 below Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

22 applications for 12 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
50%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 July 2026Published 20 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected 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. 14 July 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 14 November 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
1.8applications per place, Reception
0.5 below Essex median (2.4) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

22 applications · 12 places offered · 9 named it first

  1. 2026 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.2; Essex median median 2.4
  5. 2022 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
  6. 2021 1.9; Essex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 8.3; Essex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 3.1; Essex median median 2.5
  9. 2018 2.9; Essex median median 2.5
  10. 2017 2.6; Essex median median 2.6
  11. 2016 2.8; Essex median median 2.8
  12. 2015 3.2; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.4; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Essex median

Dashed bars: as Waterman Primary School (URN 114940), 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 202612221.890.75
Sep 202515271.8140.93
Sep 20249131.430.33
Sep 20239202.270.78
Sep 202212242.0121.00
Sep 202113241.9100.77
Sep 20203258.341.33
Sep 20197223.171.00
Sep 20189262.970.78
Sep 201710262.680.80
Sep 201615422.8231.53
Sep 2015 *15483.2140.93
Sep 2014 *15513.4140.93

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 67% · Writing 50% · Maths 50% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%314th of 387 in Essex
Reading
Expected standard67%
Higher standard33%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard50%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard50%
Higher standard17%
Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Essex median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2550%0%105103
2023/2489%0%109107
2022/2362%8%108103

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
141715 · 881/2666
Trust
Hearts Academy Trust
Capacity
105 pupils · 67 on roll
Free school meals
60.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 February 2015
Replaced
Waterman Primary School (URN 114940)
Address
The Boulevard, Rochford, SS4 1QF
Local authority
Essex · Rochford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources