Great Berry Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Basildon, SS16 6SG
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Merrylands Primary School
Cumberland Drive, Laindon, Basildon, SS15 6QS
Local ranking320th of 430 primary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
630
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 March 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
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 53.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 3.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 62.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 103.0
- Cohort Size
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 546
- Boys
- 272 (50%)
- Girls
- 274 (50%)
- Capacity
- 630 (87% full)
- SEND
- 11.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.4%
- EAL
- 26.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 7.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,009/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 63.6%
- White Other: 13.8%
- Mixed Other: 4.6%
- Black Other: 4.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.1%
- Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Asian Indian: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
63.6%
White British
13.8%
White Other
4.6%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cumberland Drive
Basildon, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 143205
- UKPRN
- 10057789
- Establishment No.
- 3252
- Trust
- BERLESDUNA ACADEMY TRUST
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