Notley Green Primary School
Ofsted: Improved significantlyAcademy converter · Primary
Braintree · CM77 7ZJ · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS263%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM11.2%
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 114988
White Court School
Community school · Braintree · CM77 7UE
Ages 2–11 · 550 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
68%
Overall absence
4.8%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2022-11-08
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- 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)68%
Higher standard (RWM)7%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 108.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)11.0%
Unauthorised1.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 508
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill87%
550 pupils · 630 places
- Pupils on roll
- 550
- Boys / girls
- 269 / 281
- School capacity
- 630
- Capacity fill
- 550 / 630 (87%)
- Free school meals
- 18%
- FSM pupils
- 99
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Candida Burrell
Location
- Address
- Ennerdale Avenue, Great Notley
- Postcode
- CM77 7UE
- Town
- Braintree
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree
- 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 community school (primary), Ages 2–11, in Braintree, Essex, 550 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 18%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
John Ray Infant School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Braintree · CM7 1HL · Essex
Ages 2–7
- FSM20.2%
1.2 miles away
John Ray Junior School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Braintree · CM7 1HL · Essex
Ages 7–11
- KS255%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM30.3%
1.2 miles away
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary aided school · Primary
Braintree · CM7 2NS · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS266%
- Absence4.5%
- FSM19.6%
1.4 miles away
Rayne Primary and Nursery School
Ofsted: Needs attentionAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Braintree · CM77 6BZ · Essex
Ages 3–11
- KS256%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM13.1%
1.7 miles away
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Braintree · CM7 2SY · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS259%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM11.3%
1.8 miles away
John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Braintree · CM7 5UL · Essex
Ages 3–11
- KS253%
- Absence7.2%
- FSM41.3%
2.0 miles away
Great Leighs Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Chelmsford · CM3 1RP · Essex
Ages 5–11
- KS271%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM11.7%
2.3 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Candida Burrell
- Telephone
- 01376331801