Academy converter · Primary
Halstead · CO9 4PT · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS283%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM19.4%
- Demand1.09
1.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Needs attentionURN 144645
Ridgewell Church of England Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Halstead · CO9 4SA
Ages 4–11 · 55 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
Needs attention
KS2 expected (RWM)
25%
Overall absence
8.0%
Admissions demand
0.78 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-02-24
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
- InclusionExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceNeeds attention
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)25%
Higher standard (RWM)8%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 102.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 100.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)18.2%
Unauthorised4.0%
- Authorised absence
- 4.0%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 5.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 55
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.78 · Often has places
1st preferences
7
Places offered
9
1st-preference offers
7
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 19
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 9
- Applications from outside LA
- 2
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 1
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill52%
55 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 55
- Boys / girls
- 26 / 29
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 55 / 105 (52%)
- Free school meals
- 32.7%
- FSM pupils
- 18
- 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
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Religious ethos
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chelmsford
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD VINE SCHOOLS TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE DIOCESE OF CHELMSFORD VINE SCHOOLS TRUST
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Chelmsford
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kirsty Stuart
Location
- Address
- Church Lane, Ridgewell
- Postcode
- CO9 4SA
- Town
- Halstead
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Further from 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 Halstead, Essex, 55 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 32.7%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Chelmsford.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Halstead · CO9 4DS · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS213%
- Absence6.4%
- FSM7.9%
- Demand0.80
2.1 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kirsty Stuart
- Telephone
- 01440785364