Frinton-on-Sea Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Frinton-on-Sea, Essex·CO13 9LQ
Composite score
34.0
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#12,602
National rank
#1394
In East of England
#345
In Essex
Top 85%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
78%
37 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.23
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
71
any preference, for 30 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.27
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a2022n/a20231.1320240.9620251.232026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Frinton-on-Sea Primary School yet. Essex does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
209
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,187
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Frinton-on-Sea Primary School

Frinton-on-Sea Primary School is a primary school in Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 209 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 47% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 20.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Competition for places is real here - 78% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (37 first choices for 30 places). Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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