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Thaxted Primary School

PrimaryAges 5–11Foundation

Thaxted, CM6 2LW · Essex local authority

Thaxted’s School Grade C⁺ better than 40% of towns in England

Directions

Its letter

42%

of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results

Getting in

13/13

first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)

How full

228 pupils

86% of its 266 places

Free school meals

11%

11 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)

The gist

What stands out about Thaxted Primary School

Its own letter, C+: Key Stage 2 results better than 42% of England’s primary schools
11% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
Ofsted: Good, May 2024 (shown, not graded)
Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (13 of 13)
Homes in its postcode sector (CM6 2) sold for a median £445,000; Thaxted’s is £425,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 60%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 42% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Essex avg 63%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 108, maths 106 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading83%

England’s schools 77%

Writing (teacher assessed)69%

England’s schools 73%

Maths81%

England’s schools 75%

Grammar, punctuation and spelling75%

England’s schools 74%

Reached the higher standard in all three11%

England’s schools 8% · Essex 10% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Thaxted Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

families put it first for September 2026

places offered

100%

of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)

First choices and places, by year of entry

−2

20192020202120222023202420252026

Families who put it firstPlaces offered

Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2023 (2). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The school’s governing body sets the admissions rules. Apply through Essex council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Great Easton CofE Primary

1.35 per place
74% got their first choice

Great Bardfield Primary

1.20 per place
79% got their first choice

Great Sampford Community Primary

1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Debden CofE Primary

1.00 per place
100% got their first choice

Radwinter CofE Primary

0.97 per place
100% got their first choice

Thaxted Primary

0.81 per place
100% got their first choice

Wimbish Primary

0.60 per place
100% got their first choice

Thaxted and Essex, side by side

2023–2025

All 396 graded primaries in Essex. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Thaxted’s schools are coloured by their letter.

ABCDElsewhere in EssexThaxted Primary

Show as a table

School	Letter	Free school meals	KS2 expected standard
Stambridge Primary School	A⁺	16%	96%
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester	A⁺	7%	95%
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald	A⁺	4%	93%
St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron Walden	A⁺	2%	92%
Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary School	A⁺	1%	91%
Perryfields Junior School	A⁺	10%	90%
Hare Street Community Primary School and Nursery	A⁺	29%	89%
Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	A⁺	24%	88%
St Peter's Catholic Primary School	A⁺	5%	88%
Lee Chapel Primary School	A⁺	14%	86%
Kingston Primary School	A⁺	9%	86%
St Anne Line Catholic Junior School	A⁺	16%	85%
Lift Ashingdon	A⁺	8%	85%
Chancellor Park Primary School, Chelmsford	A⁺	10%	84%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Great Yeldham	A⁺	19%	84%
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Burnham-on-Crouch	A⁺	13%	83%
Great Totham Primary School	A⁺	7%	83%
Lift Hockley	A⁺	7%	83%
Great Dunmow Primary School	A	9%	82%
Rayleigh Primary School	A	17%	82%
The Robert Drake Primary School	A	15%	81%
Hereward Primary School	A	15%	81%
Quilters Junior School	A	5%	80%
Long Ridings Primary School	A	10%	80%
Henham and Ugley Primary and Nursery School	A	15%	80%
The Tyrrells School	A	11%	80%
St Clare's Catholic Primary School	A	36%	80%
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon	A	20%	80%
Katherine Semar Junior School	A	13%	80%
Great Chesterford Church of England Primary Academy	A	3%	79%
Ivy Chimneys Primary School	A	18%	79%
Cressing Primary School	A	20%	79%
Burnham-on-Crouch Primary School	A	25%	78%
Cold Norton Primary School	A	8%	78%
Beehive Lane Community Primary School	A	12%	78%
Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West Bergholt	A	9%	78%
Coopersale and Theydon Garnon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	A	18%	78%
R A Butler Junior School	A	12%	78%
Buttsbury Primary School	A	4%	78%
St Helen's Catholic Junior School	A	11%	78%
Lift Plumberow	A	7%	78%
Lift Westerings	A	6%	78%
Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy	A	16%	78%
Pemberley Academy	A	25%	78%
Woodville Primary School	A	6%	78%
Shalford Primary School	A	23%	78%
Langenhoe Community Primary School	A	15%	78%
Wix and Wrabness Primary School	A	17%	77%
Highfields Primary School	A	6%	77%
Elsenham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	A	10%	77%
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree	A	11%	77%
Highwoods Community Primary School	A	17%	77%
Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy	A	9%	77%
Home Farm Primary School	A	7%	77%
Manuden Primary School	A	1%	76%
Little Waltham Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	A	14%	76%
Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-School	A	2%	76%
Henry Moore Primary School	A	11%	76%
Clavering Primary School	A⁻	4%	75%
Kendall Church of England Primary School	A⁻	21%	75%
Rickling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	A⁻	4%	75%
Brinkley Grove Primary School	A⁻	25%	75%
Roxwell Church of England Primary School	A⁻	17%	75%
Hamilton Primary School	A⁻	9%	74%
Myland Community Primary School	A⁻	9%	74%
Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School	A⁻	19%	74%
Lyons Hall School	A⁻	13%	74%
Kingsmoor Academy	A⁻	30%	74%
Leigh Beck Junior School	A⁻	28%	74%
Milldene Primary School	A⁻	23%	73%
Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	A⁻	4%	73%
Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School	A⁻	7%	73%
Stock Church of England Primary School	A⁻	11%	73%
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School	A⁻	20%	73%
Rochford Primary and Nursery School	A⁻	32%	73%
Roseacres Primary School	A⁻	16%	73%
Ryedene Primary and Nursery School	A⁻	33%	73%
Westlands Community Primary School	A⁻	25%	72%
Boxted St Peter's Church of England School	A⁻	7%	72%
Layer-de-la-Haye Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	A⁻	11%	72%
White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	A⁻	7%	72%
St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury	A⁻	13%	72%
St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary School	A⁻	8%	72%
The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School	A⁻	9%	72%
St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School	A⁻	18%	72%
South Benfleet Primary School	A⁻	7%	72%
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester	A⁻	7%	72%
Meadgate Primary School	A⁻	19%	72%
Camulos Academy	A⁻	17%	72%
Tany's Dell Primary School and Nursery	A⁻	31%	72%
Holy Family Catholic Primary School	A⁻	18%	72%
Dedham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	A⁻	8%	71%
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	A⁻	20%	71%
Moreton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	A⁻	8%	71%
The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford	A⁻	7%	71%
Purford Green Primary School	A⁻	25%	71%
Montgomerie Primary School	A⁻	19%	71%
Northwick Park Primary and Nursery Academy	A⁻	34%	71%
Katherines Primary Academy and Nursery	A⁻	28%	71%
Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary School	A⁻	8%	71%
St Pius X Catholic Primary School	A⁻	24%	71%
Bentley St Paul's Church of England Primary School	A⁻	5%	71%
Canvey Primary School and Nursery	B⁺	25%	70%
Chipping Hill Primary School	B⁺	10%	70%
Baddow Hall Junior School	B⁺	17%	70%
Wentworth Primary School	B⁺	15%	70%
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester	B⁺	6%	70%
Church Langley Community Primary School	B⁺	11%	70%
Brightside Primary School	B⁺	9%	70%
Stisted Church of England Primary Academy	B⁺	14%	70%
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School	B⁺	9%	70%
Grove Wood Primary School	B⁺	8%	70%
Maltese Road Primary School	B⁺	13%	70%
Hatfield Heath Primary School	B⁺	9%	70%
Feering Church of England Primary School	B⁺	10%	70%
Ongar Primary School	B⁺	30%	70%
de Vere Primary School	B⁺	25%	70%
Ingatestone and Fryerning Church of England Junior School	B⁺	6%	70%
Prettygate Junior School	B⁺	16%	69%
Sunnymede Primary School	B⁺	13%	69%
White Court School	B⁺	18%	69%
Danbury Park Community Primary School	B⁺	5%	69%
St Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Aided Primary School, Brentwood	B⁺	24%	69%
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon	B⁺	12%	69%
Hutton All Saints' Church of England Primary School	B⁺	15%	69%
Greensted Primary School & Nursery	B⁺	24%	69%
Longwood Primary Academy	B⁺	41%	69%
The Phoenix Primary School	B⁺	25%	69%
Stapleford Abbotts Primary Academy	B⁺	33%	69%
Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy	B⁺	15%	69%
Writtle Junior School	B⁺	16%	69%
Great Sampford Community Primary School	B⁺	8%	68%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, SWF	B⁺	7%	68%
Grange Primary School	B⁺	17%	68%
Lift Hamford	B⁺	32%	68%
Pear Tree Mead Academy	B⁺	24%	68%
Waterman Primary School	B⁺	61%	68%
Chigwell Primary Academy	B⁺	15%	68%
Cherry Tree Academy	B⁺	38%	68%
Maple Grove Primary School	B⁺	42%	68%
North Crescent Primary School	B⁺	37%	68%
Hilltop Junior School	B⁺	13%	68%
Felsted Primary School	B	7%	67%
West Horndon Primary School	B	9%	67%
Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	B	7%	67%
Millfields Primary School	B	7%	67%
Lawford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	B	6%	67%
Thomas Willingale Primary School and Nursery	B	31%	67%
Riverside Primary School	B	14%	67%
Briscoe Primary School & Nursery	B	51%	67%
Notley Green Primary School	B	11%	67%
Potter Street Academy	B	33%	67%
Latton Green Primary Academy	B	15%	67%
Thundersley Primary School	B	10%	67%
Noak Bridge Primary School	B	24%	67%
Harlowbury Primary School	B	14%	67%
Jerounds Primary Academy	B	27%	67%
Ford End Church of England Primary School	B	21%	67%
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham	B	27%	67%
St Peter's Church of England Primary Academy, West Hanningfield	B	4%	67%
Alresford Primary School	B	16%	66%
Bradfield Primary School	B	14%	66%
Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery	B	21%	66%
St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School	B	11%	66%
Ingrave Johnstone Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	B	10%	66%
Holly Trees Primary School	B	24%	66%
Abacus Primary School	B	8%	66%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School, Harlow	B	17%	66%
Kents Hill Junior School	B	9%	66%
Sir Martin Frobisher Academy	B	70%	66%
Staples Road Primary School	B	6%	66%
Tendring Primary School	B	14%	65%
Birch Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	B	11%	65%
Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School	B	15%	65%
Freshwaters Primary Academy	B	37%	65%
Purleigh Community Primary School	B	10%	65%
Takeley Primary School	B	14%	65%
The Willows Primary School	B	26%	65%
Fawbert and Barnard's Primary School	B	10%	65%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead	B	18%	65%
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill	B	5%	65%
Elm Hall Primary School	B	17%	65%
Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy	B	28%	65%
Tiptree Heath Primary School	B	12%	65%
Beckers Green Primary School	B	31%	65%
Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	B	7%	65%
Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils	B⁻	26%	64%
Montgomery Primary School, Colchester	B⁻	18%	64%
Edward Francis Primary School	B⁻	9%	64%
St George's Church of England Primary School, Great Bromley	B⁻	6%	64%
Queen Boudica Primary School	B⁻	17%	64%
Magna Carta Primary Academy	B⁻	5%	64%
Milwards Primary School and Nursery	B⁻	31%	64%
Steeple Bumpstead Primary School	B⁻	11%	64%
Mountnessing Church of England Primary School	B⁻	16%	64%
St Mary's Church of England Primary School	B⁻	33%	64%
Great Bentley Primary School	B⁻	17%	64%
Nazeing Primary School	B⁻	18%	64%
Old Heath Community Primary School	B⁻	24%	63%
St John's Green Primary School	B⁻	22%	63%
Down Hall Primary School	B⁻	20%	63%
Bentfield Primary School and Nursery	B⁻	9%	63%
Willowbrook Primary School	B⁻	21%	63%
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge	B⁻	20%	63%
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall	B⁻	14%	63%
Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	B⁻	12%	63%
Holland Haven Primary School	B⁻	22%	63%
St Andrew's CofE Primary School	B⁻	17%	63%
Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery	B⁻	30%	63%
Larchwood Primary School	B⁻	19%	63%
Abbotsweld Primary Academy	B⁻	32%	63%
Woodham Ley Primary School	B⁻	10%	63%
Theydon Bois Primary School	B⁻	5%	63%
High Ongar Primary School	B⁻	14%	63%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	B⁻	11%	63%
Warley Primary School	B⁻	12%	62%
Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	B⁻	21%	62%
Moulsham Junior School	B⁻	14%	62%
Witham Oaks Academy	B⁻	31%	62%
Braiswick Primary School	B⁻	15%	62%
Lubbins Park Primary Academy	B⁻	22%	62%
Northlands Primary School and Nursery	B⁻	34%	62%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Nursery	B⁻	18%	62%
Canewdon Church of England Primary School	B⁻	26%	62%
Great Leighs Primary School	B⁻	12%	61%
Tollesbury School	B⁻	12%	61%
Great Bradfords Junior School	B⁻	34%	61%
Collingwood Primary School	B⁻	14%	61%
Kings Road Primary School	B⁻	34%	61%
Chipping Ongar Primary School	B⁻	14%	61%
Great Bardfield Primary School	C⁺	19%	60%
Eversley Primary School	C⁺	33%	60%
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	C⁺	20%	60%
St Katherine's Church of England Primary School	C⁺	11%	60%
Thaxted Primary School	C⁺	11%	60%
Engaines Primary School and Nursery	C⁺	29%	60%
Oakfield Primary School	C⁺	8%	60%
Glebe Primary School	C⁺	19%	60%
Rayne Primary and Nursery School	C⁺	13%	60%
Rettendon Primary School	C⁺	15%	60%
The Mayflower Primary School	C⁺	45%	59%
Baynards Primary School	C⁺	42%	59%
Wickford Primary School	C⁺	21%	59%
Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead	C⁺	21%	59%
Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	C⁺	3%	59%
Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery	C⁺	10%	59%
Springfield Primary School	C⁺	29%	59%
Great Berry Primary School	C⁺	2%	59%
Maylandsea Primary School	C⁺	12%	59%
Wyburns Primary School	C⁺	20%	59%
White Bridge Primary School	C⁺	16%	59%
Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School	C⁺	20%	59%
Fairhouse Community Primary School	C⁺	38%	59%
Mildmay Primary School	C⁺	13%	59%
William Read Primary Academy	C⁺	28%	59%
St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy, Marks Tey	C⁺	5%	59%
Blackmore Primary School	C⁺	11%	58%
Ashdon Primary School	C⁺	14%	58%
Great Tey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	C⁺	24%	58%
Great Waltham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	C⁺	11%	58%
Matching Green Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	C⁺	11%	58%
The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary School	C⁺	17%	58%
Elmwood Primary School	C⁺	10%	58%
Mersea Island School	C⁺	19%	58%
John Ray Junior School	C⁺	30%	58%
Barling Magna Primary Academy	C⁺	22%	58%
Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery	C⁺	38%	58%
Buckhurst Hill Community Primary School	C⁺	18%	58%
St. George's School	C	34%	57%
Highwood Primary School	C	27%	57%
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible Hedingham	C	12%	57%
Kingswood Primary School and Nursery	C	15%	57%
Leverton Primary School	C	20%	57%
Roydon Primary Academy	C	25%	57%
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School	C	25%	57%
Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School	C	18%	57%
Lincewood Primary Academy	C	17%	57%
Gosbecks Primary School	C	22%	56%
Stanway Fiveways Primary School	C	20%	56%
Boreham Primary School	C	20%	56%
South Green Junior School	C	14%	56%
Broomfield Primary School	C	17%	56%
Dunmow St Mary's Primary School	C	18%	56%
St Alban's Catholic Academy	C	15%	56%
Unity Primary Academy	C	51%	56%
St Osyth Church of England Primary School	C	40%	56%
Merrylands Primary School	C	23%	56%
Holland Park Primary School	C	24%	56%
Terling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	C	9%	55%
All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt	C	34%	55%
Whitmore Primary School and Nursery	C	37%	55%
Epping Upland CofE Primary School	C	10%	55%
Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary Academy	C	14%	55%
Bocking Primary School	C	16%	55%
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School	C	11%	55%
Broomgrove Junior School	C	20%	54%
Westwood Academy	C	7%	54%
Jotmans Hall Primary School	C	19%	54%
Holt Farm Junior School	C	27%	54%
Frinton-on-Sea Primary School	C	14%	54%
Hogarth Primary School	C	23%	54%
Elmstead Primary School	C	17%	54%
Friars Grove Primary School	C⁻	19%	53%
Trinity Road Primary School	C⁻	27%	53%
Ghyllgrove Primary School	C⁻	35%	53%
Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	C⁻	11%	53%
St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh	C⁻	13%	53%
Cann Hall Primary School	C⁻	23%	53%
Ridgewell Church of England Primary School	C⁻	33%	53%
Lambourne Primary School	C⁻	21%	53%
East Hanningfield Church of England Primary Academy	C⁻	7%	53%
John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery	C⁻	41%	52%
Millhouse Primary School	C⁻	34%	52%
Priory Primary School, Bicknacre	C⁻	15%	52%
All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	C⁻	23%	52%
St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad Oak	C⁻	18%	52%
Runwell Community Primary School	C⁻	23%	52%
Hadleigh Junior School	C⁻	19%	52%
William Martin Church of England Junior School	C⁻	37%	52%
The Alderton Junior School	C⁻	28%	52%
North Primary School and Nursery	C⁻	19%	51%
Limes Farm Junior School	C⁻	42%	51%
Epping Primary School	C⁻	14%	51%
Parkwood Academy	C⁻	45%	51%
St James Church of England Primary School	C⁻	24%	51%
Great Wakering Primary Academy	C⁻	22%	51%
Hillhouse CofE Primary School	C⁻	22%	51%
Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery	C⁻	55%	51%
Stanway Primary School	C⁻	17%	50%
Farnham Church of England Primary School	C⁻	33%	50%
Heybridge Primary School	C⁻	34%	50%
Little Parndon Primary Academy	C⁻	38%	50%
Larkrise Primary School	C⁻	39%	50%
Bardfield Academy	C⁻	49%	50%
High Beech CofE Primary School	C⁻	18%	50%
Laindon Park Primary School & Nursery	C⁻	31%	50%
Ardleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy	C⁻	16%	50%
Langham Primary Academy	C⁻	10%	50%
Dr Walker's CofE Primary School	C⁻	36%	50%
White Hall Academy and Nursery	C⁻	49%	49%
Kirby Primary Academy	C⁻	22%	49%
Templars Academy	C⁻	27%	49%
Felmore Primary School	C⁻	35%	49%
Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy	C⁻	29%	49%
St Michael's Primary School and Nursery, Colchester	C⁻	25%	48%
Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	C⁻	40%	48%
Cooks Spinney Primary Academy and Nursery	C⁻	46%	48%
St Cedd's Church of England Primary School	C⁻	13%	48%
The Downs Primary School and Nursery	C⁻	27%	48%
Roach Vale Primary School	D	41%	47%
Messing Primary School	D	17%	47%
St Luke's Catholic Academy	D	16%	47%
Maldon Primary School	D	50%	47%
Richard de Clare Community Academy	D	32%	47%
St James the Great Church of England Primary School	D	23%	47%
Monkwick Junior School	D	41%	47%
Holy Family Catholic Primary School	D	15%	47%
Rivenhall Church of England Primary School	D	19%	47%
The Flitch Green Academy	D	11%	46%
Howbridge Church of England Junior School	D	28%	46%
Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery	D	42%	46%
Winter Gardens Academy	D	37%	46%
St Margaret's Church of England Academy, Bowers Gifford	D	19%	46%
Hazelmere Junior School	D	47%	45%
Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School	D	8%	45%
Stebbing Primary School	D	19%	44%
St Giles' Church of England Primary School	D	15%	44%
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Great Oakley	D	27%	44%
Cherry Tree Primary School	D	45%	44%
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School	D	25%	44%
St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Toppesfield	D	8%	43%
Silver End Academy	D	22%	43%
St Andrew's Bulmer Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	D	20%	42%
Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers	D	19%	42%
Upshire Primary Foundation School	D	32%	42%
Gosfield Community Primary School	D	6%	42%
Great Clacton Church of England Junior School	D	43%	41%
Kings Ford Academy	D	30%	41%
Newport Primary School	D	15%	40%
Rodings Primary School	D	11%	40%
Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	D	27%	39%
Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow	D	15%	39%
Rolph Church of England Primary School and Nursery	D	15%	39%
Janet Duke Primary School	D	54%	39%
Ravens Academy	D⁻	73%	38%
Water Lane Primary Academy	D⁻	32%	38%
Vange Primary School and Nursery	D⁻	30%	37%
Walton on the Naze Primary School	D⁻	61%	34%
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Tillingham	D⁻	20%	34%
Weeley St Andrew's CofE Primary School	D⁻	36%	31%
Alton Park Junior School	D⁻	62%	31%
Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery	D⁻	43%	30%
Wimbish Primary Academy	D⁻	24%	30%
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School	D⁻	25%	23%
Christchurch Church of England Primary School	D⁻	31%	20%
Crays Hill Primary School	D⁻	85%	8%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

246 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support

19.1%England 15.3%

EHC plan

2.4%England 3.6%

English as an additional language

3.7%England 18.8%

Free school meals in the last 6 years

13%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%

Its letter

Thaxted Primary School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths C⁺Better than 42% of 15,230 schools

How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A⁺ 95+A 85–94A⁻ 75–84B⁺ 65–74B 55–64B⁻ 45–54C⁺ 35–44C 25–34C⁻ 15–24D 5–14D⁻ 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, May 2024. Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns), February 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Thaxted Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in CM6 2, the school’s postcode sector

Thaxted property prices →

£445,000

median sale, 248 sales in 36 months · Thaxted £425,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

CM6 2Thaxted

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached

£581K

Semi-detached

£403K

Terraced

£375K

Flat

£239K

CM6 2Thaxted

Homes in CM6 2 sell for a little over Thaxted’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Location

Directions ↗

Thaxted, CM6 2LW

Nearby

Primary schools near Thaxted Primary School

The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.

Great Easton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Primary · ages 4–11 · Voluntary aided · Church of England

B⁻

63% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

147 pupilsOfsted: Good 20243 miles away

Wimbish Primary Academy

Primary · ages 4–11 · Academy

D⁻

30% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

41 pupilsOfsted: Good 20223 miles away

Great Sampford Community Primary School

Primary · ages 4–11 · Community

B⁺

68% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

79 pupilsOfsted: Good 20233 miles away

Debden Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary Academy

Primary · ages 4–11 · Academy · Church of England

77% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

140 pupilsOfsted: Good 20234 miles away

Great Bardfield Primary School

Primary · ages 4–11 · Community

C⁺

60% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

117 pupilsOfsted: report card 20264 miles away

Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Primary · ages 5–11 · Voluntary aided · Church of England

67% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

138 pupilsOfsted: Good 20244 miles away

Thaxted Primary School: common questions

Is Thaxted Primary School a good school?

By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 42% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C+), with 60% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, May 2024.

How hard is it to get into Thaxted Primary School?

For September 2026, 13 families put Thaxted Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 16 places were offered in all.

What is Thaxted Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2024).

How much do houses cost near Thaxted Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, CM6 2, sold for a median £445,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (248 sales).

Official recordDfE register (GIAS) ↗DfE performance tables ↗Ofsted reports ↗School website ↗URN 115288

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Thaxted’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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