St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Braintree, CM7 2SY
- Distance
- 0.8km away
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Maple Avenue, Braintree, CM7 2NS
Local ranking204th of 430 primary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 52.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 9.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 67.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 66.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 58
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 405
- Boys
- 217 (54%)
- Girls
- 188 (46%)
- Capacity
- 420 (96% full)
- SEND
- 20.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.0%
- EAL
- 12.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.9%
- SEN Support
- 15.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,895/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided 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: 68.8%
- Black African: 9.9%
- White Other: 5.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.7%
- Asian Indian: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.7%
- Asian Other: 1.2%
- Black Other: 1.0%
68.8%
White British
9.9%
Black African
5.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Maple Avenue
Braintree, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 115157
- UKPRN
- 10072424
- Establishment No.
- 3440
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