Academy sponsor led · Essex

Barling Magna Primary Academy

4–11Ages
167Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143948URN

Little Wakering Road, Barling Magna, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0LN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodOct 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.5per place

close to Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

45 applications for 18 places · 142nd of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

68%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodOct 2019

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

The graded inspection, 9 October 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

8 January 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
9 October 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

2.5applications per place, Reception

close to Essex median (2.4) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

45 applications · 18 places offered · 10 named it first

2026 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.6; Essex median median 2.4
2024 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
2023 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.7; Essex median median 2.4
2021 1.9; Essex median median 2.3
2020 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2019 3.5; Essex median median 2.5
2018 2.3; Essex median median 2.5
2017 3.6; Essex median median 2.6
2016 3.1; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 2.5; 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 Barling Magna Community Primary School (URN 114830), 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	18	45	2.5	10	0.56
Sep 2025	21	55	2.6	15	0.71
Sep 2024	23	37	1.6	22	0.96
Sep 2023	22	53	2.4	21	0.95
Sep 2022	24	64	2.7	19	0.79
Sep 2021	26	50	1.9	17	0.65
Sep 2020	25	44	1.8	26	1.04
Sep 2019	12	42	3.5	12	1.00
Sep 2018	18	41	2.3	16	0.89
Sep 2017	10	36	3.6	9	0.90
Sep 2016 *	17	52	3.1	18	1.06
Sep 2015 *	21	52	2.5	21	1.00
Sep 2014 *	19	50	2.6	17	0.89

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 76% · Maths 76% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard68%165th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard72%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard12%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard76%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth24%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard76%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard24%

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	68%	8%	103	103
2023/24	50%	11%	106	102
2022/23	50%	0%	106	103

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

Barling Magna Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

2.5applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Great Wakering Primary Academy
2.3 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

1.4applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
Bournes Green Infant School
3.4 km · Southend-on-Sea

Good2023

2.7applications per place
Bournes Green Junior School
3.5 km · Southend-on-Sea

Good2023

80%met the SATs standard
Friars Primary School and Nursery
3.6 km · Southend-on-Sea

Standards maintained2024

1.5applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
St George's Catholic Primary School
3.6 km · Southend-on-Sea

Good2023

2.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Stambridge Primary School
3.8 km · Essex

Good2023

2.6applications per place 100%met the SATs standard
Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery
4.0 km · Southend-on-Sea

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.4applications per place 37%met the SATs standard
Hamstel Junior School
4.1 km · Southend-on-Sea

Good2024

54%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143948 · 881/2156
Trust: The Brickfields Trust
Capacity: 210 pupils · 167 on roll
Free school meals: 22.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 February 2017
Replaced: Barling Magna Community Primary School (URN 114830)
Address: Little Wakering Road, Barling Magna, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0LN
Local authority: Essex · Rochford

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