St Andrew's CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school Epping, Essex·CM16 6EH
Composite score
49.1
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#7,597
National rank
#812
In East of England
#223
In Essex
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
30 first choices, 37 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
46
any preference, for 37 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.9320230.9820240.9220250.812026

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

Every child who put St Andrew's CofE Primary 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
384
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
10.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,588
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Andrew's CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in Epping, Essex, St Andrew's CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 384 pupils aged 3 to 11. 63% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 1.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% 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 St Andrew's CofE Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 37 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.6%. There are about 22.3 pupils per teacher. St Andrew's CofE Primary 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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