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Great Wakering Primary Academy

4–11Ages
412Pupils
PrimaryPhase
143978URN

High Street, Great Wakering, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0EJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodSep 2014

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

1.0 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

82 applications for 60 places · 346th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

40%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodSep 2014

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

Inspection history

29 January 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
24 September 2014
Graded inspection: Good · as Great Wakering Primary School, URN 114792

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

1.4applications per place, Reception

1.0 below Essex median (2.4) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

82 applications · 60 places offered · 71 named it first

2026 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
2025 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
2024 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
2023 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
2022 1.3; Essex median median 2.4
2021 1.6; Essex median median 2.3
2020 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
2019 1.4; Essex median median 2.5
2018 1.2; Essex median median 2.5
2017 1.3; Essex median median 2.6
2016 1.3; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 1.3; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
2014 1.2; 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 Great Wakering Primary School (URN 114792), 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	60	82	1.4	71	1.18
Sep 2025	60	82	1.4	60	1.00
Sep 2024	47	66	1.4	47	1.00
Sep 2023	58	89	1.5	52	0.90
Sep 2022	60	80	1.3	60	1.00
Sep 2021	60	97	1.6	73	1.22
Sep 2020	56	80	1.4	52	0.93
Sep 2019	60	83	1.4	62	1.03
Sep 2018	50	62	1.2	49	0.98
Sep 2017	60	76	1.3	58	0.97
Sep 2016 *	60	75	1.3	64	1.07
Sep 2015 *	55	69	1.3	54	0.98
Sep 2014 *	60	74	1.2	59	0.98

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 77% · Writing 42% · Maths 75% → all three 40% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard40%357th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard77%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard40%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard42%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth3%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard32%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

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Essex median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	40%	2%	106	105
2023/24	55%	7%	104	102
2022/23	58%	7%	104	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

Great Wakering Primary AcademyThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.4applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
Friars Primary School and Nursery
1.6 km · Southend-on-Sea

Standards maintained2024

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

Good2023

2.8applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Barling Magna Primary Academy
2.3 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

2.5applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Bournes Green Infant School
2.7 km · Southend-on-Sea

Good2023

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

Good2023

80%met the SATs standard
Hinguar Community Primary School
2.8 km · Southend-on-Sea

Standards maintained2024

3.6applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Richmond Avenue Primary and Nursery School
2.9 km · Southend-on-Sea

2026

1.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Thorpedene Primary School & Nursery
2.9 km · Southend-on-Sea

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.4applications per place 37%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 143978 · 881/2130
Trust: The Brickfields Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 412 on roll
Free school meals: 21.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 February 2017
Replaced: Great Wakering Primary School (URN 114792)
Address: High Street, Great Wakering, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0EJ
Local authority: Essex · Rochford

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