White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolCressing Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School and Cressing Primary School are primary schools.

  • White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Cressing Primary School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average). Cressing Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was judged Good and Cressing 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 73.0% for White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School and 79.0% for Cressing Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has held broadly level at White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (71.0% in 2022-23, 73.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Cressing Primary School (78.0% in 2022-23, 79.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School versus Cressing Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WithamWhite Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolBraintreeCressing Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC65/100C67/100Stronger figure
Local ranking121st of 430 in Essex 94th of 430 in Essex Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary controlled school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll105 196
Capacity105 210
LocationWitham, CM8 1RZ Braintree, CM77 8JE
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard73.0% 79.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard7.0% 7.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure105.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure107.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census105 196
Free school meals (ever 6)1.9% 20.4%
English as an additional language1.0% 2.6%
SEN support13.3% 13.8%
SEN with an EHC plan4.8% 1.5%
Attendance
Overall absence3.5% Stronger figure4.4% 6.2%
Persistent absence2.2% Stronger figure9.1% 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.

White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Cressing Primary School

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