Burnham-on-Crouch Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedCommunity school · Primary
Burnham-on-Crouch · CM0 8LG · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS283%
- Absence5.7%
- FSM24.5%
- Demand1.18
0.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 115159
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Burnham-on-Crouch
Voluntary aided school · Burnham-on-Crouch · CM0 8LZ
Ages 4–11 · 246 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
77%
Overall absence
5.2%
Admissions demand
1.03 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2022-11-10
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)77%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence5.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)9.7%
Unauthorised0.7%
- Authorised absence
- 4.4%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 217
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
1.03 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
30
Places offered
29
1st-preference offers
25
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 93
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 29
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
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 fill102%
246 pupils · 240 places
- Pupils on roll
- 246
- Boys / girls
- 121 / 125
- School capacity
- 240
- Capacity fill
- 246 / 240 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 13.4%
- FSM pupils
- 33
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chelmsford
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary aided school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anna Macartney
Location
- Address
- Marsh Road, Marsh Rd
- Postcode
- CM0 8LZ
- Town
- Burnham-on-Crouch
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Maldon
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Urban/rural
- Larger 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 voluntary aided school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, 246 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 13.4%. 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.
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Southminster · CM0 7ES · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS223%
- Absence9.0%
- FSM25.2%
- Demand0.78
1.7 miles away
Ormiston Rivers Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Burnham-on-Crouch · CM0 8QB · Essex
Ages 11–18
- Att841.8
- P8-0.7
- EM5+37%
- Absence11.3%
0.2 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anna Macartney
- Telephone
- 01621782626