Graded inspection · Dec 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Essex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| 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
- 17 December 2024Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 15 November 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry99 applications · 68 places offered · 41 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2025 1.3; Essex median median 2.4
- 2024 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2023 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2022 1.1; Essex median median 2.4
- 2021 1.4; Essex median median 2.3
- 2020 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
- 2019 1.6; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2017 2.1; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2016 1.8; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.0; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2014 1.4; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Essex median
Dashed bars: as Powers Hall Infant School (URN 114944), 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 | 68 | 99 | 1.5 | 41 | 0.60 |
| Sep 2025 | 56 | 75 | 1.3 | 41 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2024 | 54 | 83 | 1.5 | 52 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2023 | 67 | 100 | 1.5 | 61 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2022 | 66 | 75 | 1.1 | 48 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2021 | 75 | 102 | 1.4 | 68 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 80 | 113 | 1.4 | 68 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2019 * | 73 | 113 | 1.6 | 66 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 * | 67 | 120 | 1.8 | 56 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2017 * | 60 | 123 | 2.1 | 54 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2016 * | 74 | 130 | 1.8 | 66 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2015 * | 63 | 125 | 2.0 | 59 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2014 * | 90 | 127 | 1.4 | 72 | 0.80 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Acorn Infant AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.5applications per place
- 0.0 km · EssexGood202372%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · EssexRemains Good20241.8applications per place 42%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · EssexGood20244.0applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · EssexGood20232.2applications per place
- 1.8 km · EssexGood20223.1applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · EssexGood202351%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20243.9applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 3.2 km · EssexGood20233.5applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 147255 · 881/2679
- Trust
- Bridge Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 196 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 July 2019
- Replaced
- Powers Hall Infant School (URN 114944)
- Address
- Spa Road, Witham, CM8 1NA
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources