Hilltop Junior School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Wickford, Essex·SS11 8LT
Composite score
50.6
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#7,078
National rank
#751
In East of England
#211
In Essex
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
360
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,539
Typical primary: £6,960

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About Hilltop Junior School

Hilltop Junior School is a primary school in Wickford, Essex, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 360 pupils aged 7 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. 67% 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 fallen by 10.0 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 105 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Overall pupil absence was 4.6%. There are about 19.5 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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