Wix and Wrabness Primary School

Community school·Primary school Manningtree, Essex·CO11 2RS
Composite score
79.6
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#780
National rank
#78
In East of England
#26
In Essex
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
22%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
90%
19 first choices, 17 places
First choices per place
1.12
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
39
any preference, for 17 places
Last place offered lived
4.84 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 7788 m
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
118
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
22.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
25.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,037
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Wix and Wrabness Primary School is a primary school serving Manningtree, Essex, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 118 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Wix and Wrabness Primary School 'Good'. 83% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 7.0 percentage points year on year, though small year groups can make these figures swing sharply from year to year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 22% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Wix and Wrabness Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 19 first choices for 17 places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 4.84 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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