Academy converter · Essex

High Ongar Primary School

4–11Ages
111Pupils
PrimaryPhase
146139URN

The Street, High Ongar, Ongar, CM5 9NB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.5per place

close to Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

49 applications for 20 places · 157th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

56%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 · 17 January 2023Ofsted'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

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

2.5applications per place, Reception

close to Essex median (2.4) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

49 applications · 20 places offered · 16 named it first

2026 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
2025 3.2; Essex median median 2.4
2024 3.0; Essex median median 2.4
2023 3.0; Essex median median 2.4
2022 3.3; Essex median median 2.4
2021 3.9; Essex median median 2.3
2020 4.3; Essex median median 2.4
2019 2.6; Essex median median 2.5
2018 4.2; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
2017 4.4; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
2016 4.6; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 3.3; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
2014 3.5; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Essex median in 8 of 8 years.

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as High Ongar Primary School (URN 114938), 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	20	49	2.5	16	0.80
Sep 2025	14	45	3.2	10	0.71
Sep 2024	20	60	3.0	24	1.20
Sep 2023	16	48	3.0	14	0.88
Sep 2022	20	65	3.3	22	1.10
Sep 2021	20	77	3.9	20	1.00
Sep 2020	15	64	4.3	11	0.73
Sep 2019	19	50	2.6	13	0.68
Sep 2018 *	14	59	4.2	14	1.00
Sep 2017 *	18	80	4.4	15	0.83
Sep 2016 *	20	92	4.6	20	1.00
Sep 2015 *	20	66	3.3	19	0.95
Sep 2014 *	20	69	3.5	18	0.90

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 78% · Maths 72% → all three 56% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard56%270th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard72%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard17%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 103 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard78%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth22%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard72%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard11%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (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	56%	11%	103	103
2023/24	56%	11%	107	105
2022/23	75%	15%	107	108

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

High Ongar Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

2.5applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Ongar Primary School
1.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

1.2applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Chipping Ongar Primary School
2.2 km · Essex

Good2023

2.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Dr Walker's CofE Primary School
3.1 km · Essex

Requires improvement2024

1.0applications per place
Blackmore Primary School
4.1 km · Essex

2026

3.0applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
Moreton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
4.4 km · Essex

Good2023

2.0applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School
4.8 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.5applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School
5.4 km · Essex

Good2023

53%met the SATs standard
Doddinghurst Infant School
5.5 km · Essex

Good2022

2.1applications per place

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: 146139 · 881/2660
Trust: Bridge Academy Trust
Capacity: 150 pupils · 111 on roll
Free school meals: 13.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2018
Replaced: High Ongar Primary School (URN 114938)
Address: The Street, High Ongar, Ongar, CM5 9NB
Local authority: Essex · Epping Forest

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