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The Wickford Church of England School

PrimaryAges 2–7AcademyChurch of England

Wickford, SS11 8HE · Essex local authority

Wickford’s School Grade C+ better than 43% of towns in England

Getting in
32/32
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
135 pupils
82% of its 165 places
Free school meals
6%
6 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about The Wickford Church of England School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Outstanding, September 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (32 of 32)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (SS11 8) sold for a median £372,875; Wickford’s is £370,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at The Wickford Church of England School?

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

32
families put it first for September 2026
42
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (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. Hearts Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Essex council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Wickford, September 2026

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

1.22 per place
82% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.97 per place
100% got their first choice
0.94 per place
100% got their first choice
0.90 per place
100% got their first choice
The Wickford CofE
0.76 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

140 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
7.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
1.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
5%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
10.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for The Wickford Church of England School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

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

Graded inspection: Outstanding, September 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near The Wickford Church of England School

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

Home prices in SS11 8, the school’s postcode sector

Wickford property prices →
£372,875
median sale, 462 sales in 36 months · Wickford £370,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025SS11 8Wickford
SS11 8Wickford

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£512K
Semi-detached
£378K
Terraced
£321K
Flat
£220K
SS11 8Wickford

Homes in SS11 8 sell for about the same as Wickford’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

11 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNC+B−B+C+BC−DB+B+The Wickford Church of Engl…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Wickford, SS11 8HE

The Wickford Church of England School: common questions

How hard is it to get into The Wickford Church of England School?

For September 2026, 32 families put The Wickford Church of England School first and all of them were offered a place; 42 places were offered in all.

What is The Wickford Church of England School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Outstanding (September 2023).

How much do houses cost near The Wickford Church of England School?

Homes in its postcode sector, SS11 8, sold for a median £372,875 over the 36 months to August 2026 (462 sales).

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; Wickford’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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.