Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C61
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Braintree, CM7 4LD
- Distance
- 2.3km away
Great Bardfield Primary School
Braintree Road, Great Bardfield, Braintree, CM7 4RN
Local ranking164th of 430 primary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Expected
Primary
Phase
180
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 21 April 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 45.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 50.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 70.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 75.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 110.0
- Cohort Size
- 20
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 124
- Boys
- 55 (47%)
- Girls
- 62 (53%)
- Capacity
- 180 (65% full)
- SEND
- 13.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.0%
- EAL
- 2.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 10.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,209/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 93.3%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
93.3%
White British
5.0%
White Other
1.7%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Braintree Road
Braintree, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 114835
- UKPRN
- 10073220
- Establishment No.
- 2380
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