Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, HalsteadRichard de Clare Community Academy

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 Richard de Clare Community Academy 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 Richard de Clare Community Academy scores 39 out of 100 (grade F, weak). 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 Richard de Clare Community Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • 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 48.0% for Richard de Clare Community Academy.

  • 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 Richard de Clare Community Academy (55.0% in 2022-23, 48.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead versus Richard de Clare Community Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HalsteadHoly Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, HalsteadHalsteadRichard de Clare Community AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD53/100Stronger figureF39/100
Local ranking256th of 430 in Essex Stronger figure357th of 430 in Essex
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeVoluntary controlled school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll209 364
Capacity255 466
LocationHalstead, CO9 1JH Halstead, CO9 2JT
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard60.0% Stronger figure48.0% 62.0%
At higher standard3.0% Stronger figure2.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 Stronger figure104.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure102.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census209 364
Free school meals (ever 6)22.0% 33.4%
English as an additional language1.0% 14.3%
SEN support16.8% 21.4%
SEN with an EHC plan2.9% 3.6%
Attendance
Overall absence6.5% Stronger figure6.8% 6.2%
Persistent absence19.2% 19.2% 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

Richard de Clare Community Academy

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