Academy sponsor led · Essex

Steeple Bumpstead Primary School

4–11Ages
189Pupils
PrimaryPhase
145725URN

Bower Hall Drive, Steeple Bumpstead, Haverhill, CB9 7ED · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.5 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

53 applications for 29 places · 281st of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

71%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 · 5 July 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		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

1.8applications per place, Reception

0.5 below Essex median (2.4) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

53 applications · 29 places offered · 40 named it first

2026 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2025 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
2024 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
2023 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
2022 1.3; Essex median median 2.4
2021 1.6; Essex median median 2.3
2020 1.5; 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; as the previous school
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 1.3; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Essex median in 0 of 9 years.

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Steeple Bumpstead Primary School (URN 114728), 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	29	53	1.8	40	1.38
Sep 2025	26	49	1.9	26	1.00
Sep 2024	24	33	1.4	21	0.88
Sep 2023	30	43	1.4	33	1.10
Sep 2022	21	28	1.3	18	0.86
Sep 2021	22	35	1.6	22	1.00
Sep 2020	30	44	1.5	36	1.20
Sep 2019	16	31	1.9	16	1.00
Sep 2018	30	46	1.5	34	1.13
Sep 2017 *	21	26	1.2	17	0.81
Sep 2016 *	25	41	1.6	22	0.88
Sep 2015 *	27	40	1.5	25	0.93
Sep 2014 *	21	28	1.3	21	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 82% · Maths 75% → all three 71% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard71%134th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard79%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard39%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard82%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard75%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard25%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (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	71%	7%	106	105
2023/24	57%	4%	103	102
2022/23	63%	8%	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

Steeple Bumpstead Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2022

1.8applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Clements Primary Academy
4.3 km · Suffolk

2026

1.5applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Coupals Primary Academy
4.4 km · Suffolk

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Place Farm Primary Academy
4.8 km · Suffolk

Good2022

1.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Burton End Primary Academy
5.0 km · Suffolk

Standards maintained2025

1.9applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Westfield Primary Academy
5.0 km · Suffolk

Good2022

1.4applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
St Felix Roman Catholic Primary School, Haverhill
5.2 km · Suffolk

Good2024

1.7applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Castle Camps Church of England (Controlled) Primary School
5.3 km · Cambridgeshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.4applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
New Cangle Community Primary School
5.5 km · Suffolk

Good2023

2.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
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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 sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 145725 · 881/2172
Trust: Unity Schools Partnership
Capacity: 210 pupils · 189 on roll
Free school meals: 10.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2018
Replaced: Steeple Bumpstead Primary School (URN 114728)
Address: Bower Hall Drive, Steeple Bumpstead, Haverhill, CB9 7ED
Local authority: Essex · Braintree

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