Academy sponsor led · Essex

Takeley Primary School

4–11Ages
350Pupils
PrimaryPhase
142049URN

Bennet Canfield, Little Canfield, Dunmow, CM6 1YE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.6 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

65 applications for 37 places · 291st 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 · 22 June 2022Ofsted'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

1.8applications per place, Reception

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

65 applications · 37 places offered · 32 named it first

2026 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2025 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
2024 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
2023 2.2; Essex median median 2.4
2022 1.3; 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 2.0; Essex median median 2.5
2017 1.6; Essex median median 2.6
2016 1.8; Essex median median 2.8
2015 1.9; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
2014 1.9; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Essex median in 0 of 11 years.

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Takeley Primary School (URN 115254), 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	37	65	1.8	32	0.86
Sep 2025	40	64	1.6	36	0.90
Sep 2024	44	73	1.7	38	0.86
Sep 2023	41	89	2.2	41	1.00
Sep 2022	55	72	1.3	30	0.55
Sep 2021	36	63	1.8	32	0.89
Sep 2020	50	72	1.4	44	0.88
Sep 2019	41	68	1.7	40	0.98
Sep 2018	51	100	2.0	48	0.94
Sep 2017	57	91	1.6	56	0.98
Sep 2016	60	108	1.8	68	1.13
Sep 2015 *	60	116	1.9	75	1.25
Sep 2014 *	60	115	1.9	78	1.30

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 86% · Writing 77% · Maths 84% → 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 standard86%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard53%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard77%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth18%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard84%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard33%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (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%	12%	109	106
2023/24	66%	9%	104	105
2022/23	57%	5%	105	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

Takeley Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2022

1.8applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Roseacres Primary School
0.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

2.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Great Dunmow Primary School
4.7 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.7applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Dunmow St Mary's Primary School
5.2 km · Essex

Good2023

2.1applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad Oak
5.3 km · Essex

2026

3.8applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
5.9 km · Essex

Good2024

3.0applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
Elsenham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
6.0 km · Essex

Improved significantly2024

1.6applications per place 78%met the SATs standard
St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School
6.5 km · Essex

Good2022

2.2applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
6.5 km · Essex

2026

2.8applications per place 64%met the SATs standard

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: 142049 · 881/2133
Trust: The Learning Partnership Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 350 on roll
Free school meals: 14.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 January 2016
Replaced: Takeley Primary School (URN 115254)
Address: Bennet Canfield, Little Canfield, Dunmow, CM6 1YE
Local authority: Essex · Uttlesford

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