Academy converter · Essex

White Bridge Primary School

3–11Ages
434Pupils
PrimaryPhase
145603URN

Greensted Road, Loughton, IG10 3DR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.4per place

close to Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

141 applications for 60 places · 174th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

64%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 8 May 2024Ofsted'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 May 2024
Graded inspection: Good
13 July 2022
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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

2.4applications per place, Reception

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

141 applications · 60 places offered · 55 named it first

2026 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
2023 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
2021 2.3; Essex median median 2.3
2020 2.2; Essex median median 2.4
2019 2.4; Essex median median 2.5
2018 2.9; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
2017 2.4; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
2016 2.6; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 2.4; 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 8 years.

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as White Bridge Primary School (URN 114872), The White Bridge Junior School (URN 114867), 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	141	2.4	55	0.92
Sep 2025	60	128	2.1	45	0.75
Sep 2024	58	124	2.1	55	0.95
Sep 2023	63	121	1.9	43	0.68
Sep 2022	69	135	2.0	54	0.78
Sep 2021	54	123	2.3	33	0.61
Sep 2020	70	152	2.2	43	0.61
Sep 2019	72	170	2.4	58	0.81
Sep 2018 *	60	176	2.9	52	0.87
Sep 2017 *	74	178	2.4	61	0.82
Sep 2016 *	60	154	2.6	47	0.78
Sep 2015 *	60	144	2.4	48	0.80
Sep 2014 *	60	128	2.1	41	0.68

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 81% · Maths 72% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard64%205th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard79%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard24%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard81%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth5%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard72%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard24%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (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	64%	3%	104	104
2023/24	61%	6%	104	103
2022/23	51%	9%	105	105

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

White Bridge Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

2.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
The Alderton Infant School and Nursery
1.1 km · Essex

Good2023

2.5applications per place
The Alderton Junior School
1.1 km · Essex

Good2023

59%met the SATs standard
Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School
1.2 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

2.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill
1.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

3.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Staples Road Primary School
1.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

2.3applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Chigwell Primary Academy
2.1 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Thomas Willingale Primary School and Nursery
2.4 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.6applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School
2.7 km · Essex

2025

2.6applications per place 53%met the SATs standard

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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 converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 145603 · 881/2503
Trust: Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust
Capacity: 450 pupils · 434 on roll
Free school meals: 15.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision and SEN unit
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2018
Replaced: White Bridge Primary School (URN 114872); The White Bridge Junior School (URN 114867)
Address: Greensted Road, Loughton, IG10 3DR
Local authority: Essex · Epping Forest

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