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Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School

4–11Ages
389Pupils
PrimaryPhase
147561URN

Lower Queen's Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6DS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodMay 2017

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Dec 2024

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.3per place

close to Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

135 applications for 59 places · 185th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

64%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodMay 2017

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Dec 2024

Inspection history

11 December 2024
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
3 May 2017
Graded inspection: Good · as Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School, URN 115052

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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 entry

2.3applications per place, Reception

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

135 applications · 59 places offered · 53 named it first

2026 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.7; Essex median median 2.4
2023 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.7; Essex median median 2.4
2021 2.8; Essex median median 2.3
2020 3.1; Essex median median 2.4
2019 2.7; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
2018 3.1; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
2017 3.2; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
2016 3.8; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 3.9; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
2014 3.9; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Essex median in 6 of 7 years.

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School (URN 115052), 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	59	135	2.3	53	0.90
Sep 2025	60	150	2.5	52	0.87
Sep 2024	49	133	2.7	45	0.92
Sep 2023	60	149	2.5	45	0.75
Sep 2022	52	139	2.7	46	0.88
Sep 2021	60	165	2.8	58	0.97
Sep 2020	60	186	3.1	62	1.03
Sep 2019 *	60	159	2.7	37	0.62
Sep 2018 *	60	187	3.1	56	0.93
Sep 2017 *	59	188	3.2	53	0.90
Sep 2016 *	60	230	3.8	68	1.13
Sep 2015 *	60	231	3.9	59	0.98
Sep 2014 *	60	236	3.9	54	0.90

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 80% · Maths 72% → all three 64% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard64%205th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard84%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard40%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard80%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth16%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard72%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard28%

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	64%	12%	107	105
2023/24	50%	7%	103	103
2022/23	63%	19%	104	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

Buckhurst Hill Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2024

2.3applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
White Bridge Primary School
1.2 km · Essex

Good2024

2.4applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill
1.4 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

3.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Wells Primary School
2.0 km · Redbridge

Graded · no overall grade2024

6.1applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
Ray Lodge Primary School
2.1 km · Redbridge

2026

2.4applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
St Antony's Catholic Primary School
2.2 km · Redbridge

Remains Good2023

2.0applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
The Alderton Infant School and Nursery
2.2 km · Essex

Good2023

2.5applications per place
Chigwell Primary Academy
2.3 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.7applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Roding Primary School
2.3 km · Redbridge

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 147561 · 881/2973
Trust: Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 389 on roll
Free school meals: 18.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 November 2019
Replaced: Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School (URN 115052)
Address: Lower Queen's Road, Buckhurst Hill, IG9 6DS
Local authority: Essex · Epping Forest

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