Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Billericay, CM11 1NU
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Church Road, Ramsden Heath, Billericay, CM11 1NU
Primary
Phase
210
Capacity
5-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Closed on 31 December 2025 and continues as Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (URN 152141) (opened 1 January 2026). Its page carries this history forward.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 65.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 23.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 85.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 26
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 191
- Boys
- 89 (47%)
- Girls
- 102 (53%)
- Capacity
- 210 (91% full)
- SEND
- 11.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 7.8%
- EAL
- 0.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.7%
- SEN Support
- 7.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,091/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 12.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 88.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.1%
- White Other: 1.6%
- White Irish: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.5%
88.4%
White British
3.7%
Gypsy/Roma
2.1%
Mixed White & Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Church Road
Billericay, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 115119
- UKPRN
- 10070993
- Establishment No.
- 3224
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