Noak Bridge Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Basildon, Essex·SS15 4JS
Composite score
60.2
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#3,874
National rank
#399
In East of England
#114
In Essex
Top 26%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
80%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
26 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
70
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
0.15 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 240 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.47
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4020221.0720231.0020241.3320250.872026

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
211
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
20.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,227
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Noak Bridge Primary School

Noak Bridge Primary School is a primary school in Basildon, Essex, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 211 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 26.0 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 top 26% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 96% of the families who made Noak Bridge Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 0.15 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 22.0 pupils per teacher. Noak Bridge 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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