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Magna Carta Primary Academy

  • 4–11Ages
  • 194Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 142771URN

St John's Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8JP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted
Graded GoodJul 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Dec 2024
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.6per place
1.2 above Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

75 applications for 21 places · 26th of 363 in Essex
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
69%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded GoodJul 2019
Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Dec 2024

Inspection history

  1. 18 December 2024
    Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
  2. 3 July 2019
    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
3.6applications per place, Reception
1.2 above Essex median (2.4) 1.4 above England median (2.2)

75 applications · 21 places offered · 20 named it first

  1. 2026 3.6; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.7; Essex median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.7; Essex median median 2.4
  4. 2023 3.1; Essex median median 2.4
  5. 2022 3.3; Essex median median 2.4
  6. 2021 3.2; Essex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 3.2; Essex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 2.9; Essex median median 2.5
  9. 2018 3.0; Essex median median 2.5
  10. 2017 3.1; Essex median median 2.6
More applications per place than the Essex median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Essex median

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 202621753.6200.95
Sep 202530802.7371.23
Sep 202430812.7311.03
Sep 202322673.1221.00
Sep 202230983.3341.13
Sep 202130963.2290.97
Sep 202030953.2341.13
Sep 201926762.9261.00
Sep 201830913.0280.93
Sep 201722673.1221.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 79% · Maths 69% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%157th of 387 in Essex
Reading
Expected standard79%
Higher standard34%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard79%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard69%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Essex median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2569%10%107102
2023/2459%7%106103
2022/2363%0%105103

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
Free schools
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
142771 · 881/2135
Trust
Bmat Education
Capacity
210 pupils · 194 on roll
Free school meals
5.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
5 September 2016
Address
St John's Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8JP
Local authority
Essex · Uttlesford

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