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Stapleford Abbotts Primary Academy

  • 2–11Ages
  • 135Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 144881URN

Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1EJ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 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

20 applications for 16 places · 352nd of 363 in Essex
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
71%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 15 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected 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

  1. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 25 January 2022
    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
1.3applications per place, Reception
1.1 below Essex median (2.4) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

20 applications · 16 places offered · 12 named it first

  1. 2026 1.3; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
  5. 2022 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
  6. 2021 2.4; Essex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 2.1; Essex median median 2.5
  9. 2018 1.4; Essex median median 2.5
  10. 2017 1.8; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.8; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.8; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.7; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Essex median in 1 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Essex median

Dashed bars: as Stapleford Abbotts Primary School (URN 114958), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202616201.3120.75
Sep 20259151.780.89
Sep 202415271.8140.93
Sep 202314231.6141.00
Sep 202221301.4190.90
Sep 20217172.440.57
Sep 202018261.4150.83
Sep 201920422.1190.95
Sep 201821291.4160.76
Sep 2017 *20351.8211.05
Sep 2016 *20562.8301.50
Sep 2015 *20361.8201.00
Sep 2014 *20331.7170.85

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

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

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard71%134th of 387 in Essex
Reading
Expected standard79%
Higher standard36%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard79%
Greater depth7%
Maths
Expected standard71%
Higher standard29%
Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Essex median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2571%7%107105
2023/2458%0%104101
2022/2377%0%106104

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
144881 · 881/2163
Trust
The Kemnal Academies Trust
Capacity
150 pupils · 135 on roll
Free school meals
33.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 August 2017
Replaced
Stapleford Abbotts Primary School (URN 114958)
Address
Stapleford Road, Stapleford Abbotts, Romford, RM4 1EJ
Local authority
Essex · Epping Forest

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources