St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South WealdHolly Trees Primary School

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

Summary of the comparison

St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald and Holly Trees Primary School are primary schools in Brentwood.

  • St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald scores 81 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Holly Trees Primary School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average). St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald was judged strong and Holly Trees 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 98.0% for St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald and 65.0% for Holly Trees Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald (89.0% in 2022-23, 98.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Holly Trees Primary School (67.0% in 2022-23, 65.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald versus Holly Trees Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure BrentwoodSt Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South WealdBrentwoodHolly Trees Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB81/100Stronger figureC66/100
Local ranking11th of 430 in Essex Stronger figure109th of 430 in Essex
InspectionOfsted: StrongStronger figureOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll455 417
Capacity352 420
LocationBrentwood, CM14 5QN Brentwood, CM14 5RY
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard98.0% Stronger figure65.0% 62.0%
At higher standard28.0% Stronger figure5.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score110.0 Stronger figure106.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score111.0 Stronger figure108.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census455 417
Free school meals (ever 6)2.6% 27.1%
English as an additional language2.4% 14.1%
SEN support4.0% 9.8%
SEN with an EHC plan2.9% 3.8%
Attendance
Overall absence3.7% Stronger figure4.6% 6.2%
Persistent absence4.1% Stronger figure9.9% 15.8%

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.

St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald

Holly Trees Primary School

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