Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Chelmsford, Essex·CM3 5JX
Composite score
23.7
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#14,182
National rank
#1598
In East of England
#380
In Essex
Top 96%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
31%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
10 first choices, 10 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 10 places
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers 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
157
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,384
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers at a glance

Located in Chelmsford, Essex, Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 157 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 31% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 16.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 10 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 21.8 pupils per teacher. Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers 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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