Tollesbury School

Community school·Primary school Maldon, Essex·CM9 8QE
Composite score
53.8
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#5,898
National rank
#613
In East of England
#173
In Essex
Top 40%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
72%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 23 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
29
any preference, for 23 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1720220.9520230.8620240.8720250.962026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Tollesbury School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
163
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,027
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Tollesbury School is a primary school serving Maldon, Essex, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 163 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 72% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 19.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 40% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Tollesbury School their first choice was offered one of its 23 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 22.5 pupils per teacher. Tollesbury School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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