Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Ingatestone, Essex·CM4 0HA
Composite score
87.0
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#346
National rank
#23
In East of England
#11
In Essex
Top 2%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
80%
% achieving higher RWM
30%
Reading average scaled score
113.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
8 first choices, 11 places
First choices per place
0.73
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
36
any preference, for 11 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6720220.7120231.0020240.7520250.732026

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

Every child who put Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
69
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
29.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
11.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,188
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school serving Ingatestone, Essex, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 69 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 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 is down 11.0 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 among the top 2% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 113 in reading and 112 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 30% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 8 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 11.3 pupils per teacher. Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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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