Canewdon Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Rochford, Essex·SS4 3QA
Composite score
52.4
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#6,415
National rank
#679
In East of England
#192
In Essex
Top 43%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
59%
% achieving higher RWM
12%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 13 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
15
any preference, for 13 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20230.7920240.8820250.852026

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

Every child who put Canewdon 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
101
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
16.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,941
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Canewdon Church of England Primary School

Canewdon Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Rochford, Essex, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 101 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 59% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 6.0 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 top 43% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 12% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Canewdon Church of England Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 11 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.0%. There are about 25.3 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Canewdon Church of England Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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