St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6HN · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM11.7%
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 143122
Maldon Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Maldon · CM9 5DQ
Ages 4–11 · 171 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
50%
Overall absence
7.8%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-07-18
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)50%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 98.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)29.8%
Unauthorised2.3%
- Authorised absence
- 5.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 168
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill71%
171 pupils · 240 places
- Pupils on roll
- 171
- Boys / girls
- 91 / 80
- School capacity
- 240
- Capacity fill
- 171 / 240 (71%)
- Free school meals
- 50.3%
- FSM pupils
- 86
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Kemnal Academies Trust
- Headteacher
- Miss Deborah Conroy
Location
- Address
- Wantz Chase
- Postcode
- CM9 5DQ
- Town
- Maldon
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Maldon
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 4–11, in Maldon, Essex, 171 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 50.3%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6HY · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS258%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM22.8%
0.6 miles away
Wentworth Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6JN · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS271%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM15.1%
0.6 miles away
Free schools · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6NE · Essex
Ages 2–11
- FSM11.8%
1.1 miles away
Heybridge Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Maldon · CM9 4TU · Essex
Ages 2–11
- KS234%
- Absence7.5%
- FSM33.8%
1.2 miles away
Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted: Some aspects not as strongAcademy converter · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6RF · Essex
Ages 4–11
- FSM29.3%
2.8 miles away
Purleigh Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Chelmsford · CM3 6PJ · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS265%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM9.7%
2.9 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Deborah Conroy
- Telephone
- 01621853409