Academy converter · Essex

Elm Hall Primary School

3–11Ages
228Pupils
PrimaryPhase
146695URN

Conrad Road, Witham, CM8 2SD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

4.0per place

1.6 above Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

120 applications for 30 places · 17th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

48%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 · 6 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision	Outstanding

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

4.0applications per place, Reception

1.6 above Essex median (2.4) 1.8 above England median (2.2)

120 applications · 30 places offered · 42 named it first

2026 4.0; Essex median median 2.4
2025 4.0; Essex median median 2.4
2024 4.3; Essex median median 2.4
2023 4.6; Essex median median 2.4
2022 4.2; Essex median median 2.4
2021 4.8; Essex median median 2.3
2020 4.0; Essex median median 2.4
2019 4.2; Essex median median 2.5
2018 4.8; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
2017 3.9; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
2016 4.1; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 3.8; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
2014 3.0; 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 Elm Hall Primary School (URN 114983), 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	120	4.0	42	1.40
Sep 2025	30	119	4.0	51	1.70
Sep 2024	30	130	4.3	54	1.80
Sep 2023	30	138	4.6	56	1.87
Sep 2022	30	127	4.2	52	1.73
Sep 2021	30	143	4.8	55	1.83
Sep 2020	30	121	4.0	46	1.53
Sep 2019	30	126	4.2	42	1.40
Sep 2018 *	29	139	4.8	50	1.72
Sep 2017 *	30	116	3.9	42	1.40
Sep 2016 *	30	123	4.1	56	1.87
Sep 2015 *	30	114	3.8	33	1.10
Sep 2014 *	30	91	3.0	23	0.77

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 72% · Writing 76% · Maths 59% → all three 48% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard48%325th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard72%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard28%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard76%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth10%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard59%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard21%

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	48%	3%	105	103
2023/24	77%	7%	105	105
2022/23	70%	7%	106	106

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

Elm Hall Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2024

4.0applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
Templars Academy
0.5 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

1.8applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
Rivenhall Church of England Primary School
1.5 km · Essex

Good2023

3.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Witham Oaks Academy
1.7 km · Essex

Good2023

72%met the SATs standard
Acorn Infant Academy
1.7 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2024

1.5applications per place
Silver End Academy
2.9 km · Essex

2026

1.2applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Howbridge Infant School
3.0 km · Essex

Good2023

2.2applications per place
Howbridge Church of England Junior School
3.0 km · Essex

Good2023

51%met the SATs standard
Holy Family Catholic Primary School
3.1 km · Essex

Good2022

3.1applications per place 70%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
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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: 146695 · 881/2757
Trust: Attain Academy Partnership
Capacity: 223 pupils · 228 on roll
Free school meals: 16.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 January 2019
Replaced: Elm Hall Primary School (URN 114983)
Address: Conrad Road, Witham, CM8 2SD
Local authority: Essex · Braintree

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