St Cedd's Church of England Primary School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Southminster, Essex·CM0 7PY
Composite score
24.7
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#14,049
National rank
#1583
In East of England
#378
In Essex
Top 95%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
38%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
12 first choices, 16 places
First choices per place
0.75
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
26
any preference, for 16 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.21
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8320221.0020231.0020240.9620250.752026

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

Every child who put St Cedd's Church of England 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
5–11
Pupils on roll
118
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,602
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

St Cedd's Church of England Primary School at a glance

Located in Southminster, Essex, St Cedd's Church of England Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 118 pupils aged 5 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 38% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 5.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). St Cedd's Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 12 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 23.6 pupils per teacher. St Cedd's Church of England 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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