Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolThaxted Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Dunmow.

Summary of the comparison

Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School and Thaxted Primary School are primary schools in Dunmow.

  • Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School scores 54 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Thaxted Primary School scores 54 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Our score is the same for each of them on the data available.

  • Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School was judged Good and Thaxted Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 41.0% for Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School and 64.0% for Thaxted Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School (74.0% in 2022-23, 41.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Thaxted Primary School (49.0% in 2022-23, 64.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School versus Thaxted Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure DunmowGreat Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolDunmowThaxted Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD54/100D54/100
Local ranking246th of 430 in Essex Stronger figure247th of 430 in Essex
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Foundation school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll150 246
Capacity160 266
LocationDunmow, CM6 2DR Dunmow, CM6 2LW
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard41.0% 64.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard14.0% Stronger figure11.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 108.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 106.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census150 246
Free school meals (ever 6)13.3% 13.0%
English as an additional language0.0% 3.7%
SEN support26.7% 19.1%
SEN with an EHC plan14.0% 2.4%
Attendance
Overall absence7.2% 5.0% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence18.8% 12.0% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Thaxted Primary School

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