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Richard de Clare Community Academy

3–11Ages
370Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143204URN

Parsonage Street, Halstead, CO9 2JT · 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

1.3per place

1.1 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

63 applications for 50 places · 350th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

48%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 2 June 2026Published 6 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
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

2 June 2026
Report card · 7 Expected standard
15 March 2022
Graded inspection: Good

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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

1.3applications per place, Reception

1.1 below Essex median (2.4) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

63 applications · 50 places offered · 42 named it first

2026 1.3; Essex median median 2.4
2025 1.2; Essex median median 2.4
2024 1.0; Essex median median 2.4
2023 1.0; Essex median median 2.4
2022 0.9; Essex median median 2.4
2021 1.2; Essex median median 2.3
2020 1.0; Essex median median 2.4
2019 1.9; Essex median median 2.5
2018 1.5; Essex median median 2.5
2017 1.2; Essex median median 2.6
2016 1.6; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 1.5; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
2014 1.8; 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 Richard de Clare Community Primary School (URN 114765), 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	50	63	1.3	42	0.84
Sep 2025	55	64	1.2	42	0.76
Sep 2024	49	51	1.0	28	0.57
Sep 2023	52	54	1.0	37	0.71
Sep 2022	48	45	0.9	20	0.42
Sep 2021	35	43	1.2	25	0.71
Sep 2020	45	47	1.0	29	0.64
Sep 2019	31	58	1.9	25	0.81
Sep 2018	45	69	1.5	30	0.67
Sep 2017	69	84	1.2	46	0.67
Sep 2016 *	54	87	1.6	36	0.67
Sep 2015 *	54	80	1.5	33	0.61
Sep 2014 *	56	100	1.8	45	0.80

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 63% · Maths 65% → all three 48% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard48%325th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard72%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard15%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard63%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth9%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard65%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard11%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (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	48%	2%	104	102
2023/24	40%	5%	105	102
2022/23	55%	2%	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

Richard de Clare Community AcademyThis school
This school

2026

1.3applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead
0.7 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead
1.0 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

2.2applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
Gosfield Community Primary School
3.4 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.2applications per place 35%met the SATs standard
Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School
3.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.5applications per place 28%met the SATs standard
St Giles' Church of England Primary School
4.3 km · Essex

Good2023

2.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery
4.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh
5.1 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible Hedingham
5.2 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.2applications per place 55%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143204 · 881/2083
Trust: Bridge Academy Trust
Capacity: 466 pupils · 370 on roll
Free school meals: 32.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2016
Replaced: Richard de Clare Community Primary School (URN 114765)
Address: Parsonage Street, Halstead, CO9 2JT
Local authority: Essex · Braintree

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