Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, HalsteadGosfield Community Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead and Gosfield Community Primary School are primary schools in Halstead.

  • Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead scores 53 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Gosfield Community Primary School scores 45 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead is ahead on our composite score.

  • Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead was judged Good and Gosfield Community 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 60.0% for Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead and 35.0% for Gosfield Community Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead (57.0% in 2022-23, 60.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Gosfield Community Primary School (48.0% in 2022-23, 35.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead versus Gosfield Community Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HalsteadHoly Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, HalsteadHalsteadGosfield Community Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD53/100Stronger figureD45/100
Local ranking256th of 430 in Essex Stronger figure324th of 430 in Essex
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary controlled school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll209 142
Capacity255 140
LocationHalstead, CO9 1JH Halstead, CO9 1ST
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard60.0% Stronger figure35.0% 62.0%
At higher standard3.0% 5.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure99.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census209 142
Free school meals (ever 6)22.0% 6.3%
English as an additional language1.0% 1.4%
SEN support16.8% 12.0%
SEN with an EHC plan2.9% 2.8%
Attendance
Overall absence6.5% 5.7% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence19.2% 10.4% 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.

Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead

Gosfield Community Primary School

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