Academy sponsor led · Essex

Winter Gardens Academy

2–11Ages
411Pupils
PrimaryPhase
142000URN

Hilton Road, Canvey Island, SS8 9QA · 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

2.0per place

0.4 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

86 applications for 44 places · 256th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

44%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 16 June 2026Published 16 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard	Needs attention
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement			Needs attention
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

16 June 2026
Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
27 April 2022
Graded inspection: 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

2.0applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Essex median (2.4) 0.2 below England median (2.2)

86 applications · 44 places offered · 41 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
2023 2.2; Essex median median 2.4
2022 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2021 2.2; Essex median median 2.3
2020 3.0; Essex median median 2.4
2019 1.9; Essex median median 2.5
2018 2.1; Essex median median 2.5
2017 2.7; Essex median median 2.6
2016 2.2; Essex median median 2.8
2015 2.9; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
2014 2.6; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Winter Gardens Primary School (URN 135363), 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	44	86	2.0	41	0.93
Sep 2025	48	97	2.0	48	1.00
Sep 2024	40	91	2.3	40	1.00
Sep 2023	48	106	2.2	48	1.00
Sep 2022	44	77	1.8	44	1.00
Sep 2021	35	77	2.2	34	0.97
Sep 2020	34	101	3.0	33	0.97
Sep 2019	48	89	1.9	45	0.94
Sep 2018	48	99	2.1	37	0.77
Sep 2017	52	138	2.7	43	0.83
Sep 2016	60	134	2.2	59	0.98
Sep 2015 *	60	173	2.9	54	0.90
Sep 2014 *	60	153	2.6	62	1.03

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 61% · Writing 63% · Maths 51% → all three 44% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard44%349th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard61%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard23%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard63%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth16%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard51%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard11%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 101 (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	44%	7%	104	101
2023/24	49%	3%	104	101
2022/23	45%	3%	102	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

Winter Gardens AcademyThis school
This school

2026

2.0applications per place 44%met the SATs standard
St Katherine's Church of England Primary School
0.0 km · Essex

Good2024

1.9applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery
0.9 km · Essex

Good2024

1.7applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
William Read Primary Academy
1.2 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

3.5applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy
1.3 km · Essex

Remains Good · improving2023

1.6applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Canvey Primary School and Nursery
1.4 km · Essex

Good2023

74%met the SATs standard
Canvey Island Infant School and Nursery
1.4 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

2.7applications per place
Lubbins Park Primary Academy
2.1 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.3applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
Leigh Beck Infant School and Nursery Academy
2.6 km · Essex

Remains Good · improving2024

1.6applications per place

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 142000 · 881/2129
Trust: South Essex Academy Trust
Capacity: 480 pupils · 411 on roll
Free school meals: 36.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 July 2015
Replaced: Winter Gardens Primary School (URN 135363)
Address: Hilton Road, Canvey Island, SS8 9QA
Local authority: Essex · Castle Point

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