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St Teresa's Catholic Primary School

5–11Ages
196Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
145997URN

Ashingdon Road, Rochford, SS4 1RF · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

0.2 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

64 applications for 30 places · 218th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

38%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 · 2 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision		Requires improvement

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

2.1applications per place, Reception

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

64 applications · 30 places offered · 33 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
2024 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
2023 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
2022 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
2021 1.6; Essex median median 2.3
2020 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
2019 1.8; Essex median median 2.5
2018 2.3; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
2017 2.2; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
2016 2.0; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 2.1; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
2014 2.5; 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 St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Hawkwell (URN 115165), 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	30	64	2.1	33	1.10
Sep 2025	30	59	2.0	35	1.17
Sep 2024	30	55	1.8	24	0.80
Sep 2023	29	61	2.1	35	1.21
Sep 2022	27	44	1.6	26	0.96
Sep 2021	30	48	1.6	30	1.00
Sep 2020	29	49	1.7	27	0.93
Sep 2019	24	44	1.8	21	0.88
Sep 2018 *	29	67	2.3	24	0.83
Sep 2017 *	26	57	2.2	19	0.73
Sep 2016 *	31	63	2.0	27	0.87
Sep 2015 *	30	62	2.1	31	1.03
Sep 2014 *	30	75	2.5	24	0.80

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 52% · Writing 62% · Maths 38% → all three 38% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard38%358th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard52%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard14%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 101 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard62%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth14%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard38%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard5%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 99 (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	38%	5%	101	99
2023/24	56%	0%	103	101
2022/23	42%	0%	103	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

St Teresa's Catholic Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

2.1applications per place 38%met the SATs standard
Holt Farm Junior School
0.2 km · Essex

Good2024

60%met the SATs standard
Holt Farm Infant School
0.3 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

1.6applications per place
Waterman Primary School
0.5 km · Essex

2026

1.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
Rochford Primary and Nursery School
0.6 km · Essex

2026

3.0applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Stambridge Primary School
2.4 km · Essex

Good2023

2.6applications per place 100%met the SATs standard
Lift Westerings
3.1 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.1applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
Lift Ashingdon
3.1 km · Essex

Good2023

2.9applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Prince Avenue Academy and Nursery
3.2 km · Southend-on-Sea

Good2022

1.5applications per place 66%met the SATs standard

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 converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 145997 · 881/3467
Trust: Assisi Catholic Trust
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 210 pupils · 196 on roll
Free school meals: 25.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2018
Replaced: St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Hawkwell (URN 115165)
Address: Ashingdon Road, Rochford, SS4 1RF
Local authority: Essex · Rochford

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