Academy sponsor led · Essex

Whitmore Primary School and Nursery

3–11Ages
633Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143126URN

Whitmore Way, Basildon, SS14 2TP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodSep 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Apr 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.7per place

0.7 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

127 applications for 76 places · 303rd of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

57%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodSep 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Apr 2025

The graded inspection, 24 September 2019Ofsted'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

Inspection history

2 April 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
24 September 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

1.7applications per place, Reception

0.7 below Essex median (2.4) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

127 applications · 76 places offered · 69 named it first

2026 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
2025 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
2024 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2023 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2022 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
2021 1.8; Essex median median 2.3
2020 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
2019 1.7; Essex median median 2.5
2018 1.7; Essex median median 2.5
2017 1.7; Essex median median 2.6
2016 2.0; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 1.8; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
2014 2.1; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Essex median in 0 of 10 years.

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Whitmore Primary School and Nursery (URN 114819), Whitmore Infant School and Nursery (URN 114816), 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	76	127	1.7	69	0.91
Sep 2025	56	87	1.6	48	0.86
Sep 2024	76	137	1.8	65	0.86
Sep 2023	82	147	1.8	71	0.87
Sep 2022	72	125	1.7	65	0.90
Sep 2021	58	107	1.8	52	0.90
Sep 2020	82	138	1.7	76	0.93
Sep 2019	67	111	1.7	56	0.84
Sep 2018	79	130	1.7	65	0.82
Sep 2017	69	114	1.7	61	0.88
Sep 2016 *	90	176	2.0	83	0.92
Sep 2015 *	65	115	1.8	55	0.85
Sep 2014 *	65	133	2.1	55	0.85

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 70% · Writing 79% · Maths 71% → all three 57% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard57%261st of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard70%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard17%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard79%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth15%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard71%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard11%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (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	57%	4%	103	103
2023/24	56%	4%	102	102
2022/23	52%	6%	101	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

Whitmore Primary School and NurseryThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
The Willows Primary School
0.9 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

1.8applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Fairhouse Community Primary School
1.4 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.5applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Greensted Primary School & Nursery
1.4 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

3.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon
1.6 km · Essex

2026

2.0applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Felmore Primary School
1.7 km · Essex

Good2023

2.1applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Briscoe Primary School & Nursery
1.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

1.8applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Cherry Tree Primary School
1.9 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.0applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Ghyllgrove Primary School
1.9 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.8applications per place 49%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: 143126 · 881/2146
Trust: Berlesduna Academy Trust
Capacity: 682 pupils · 633 on roll
Free school meals: 37.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 October 2016
Replaced: Whitmore Primary School and Nursery (URN 114819); Whitmore Infant School and Nursery (URN 114816)
Address: Whitmore Way, Basildon, SS14 2TP
Local authority: Essex · Basildon

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