Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school located in Billericay. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 29/06/2016. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.7%, which is 0.3 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Church Road, Billericay

School Information

Address: Church Road, Billericay, CM11 1NU
Website: www.downhamschool.org
Telephone: 01268710387
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Susan Crace Mrs Gill Marrion (Interim)
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 115119

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 29/06/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 5 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 234
Number of Pupils: 216
Number of Boys: 114
Number of Girls: 102

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 3.4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -1.7 Confidence interval -3.8 to 0.4
Writing
Average: -0.4 Confidence interval -2.3 to 1.6
Maths
Average: 1.8 Confidence interval -0.1 to 3.6

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:71%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:20%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:104
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:108
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Church Road , Ramsden Heath CM11 1NU 		3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Crays Hill Primary School
London Road , Crays Hill CM11 2UZ 		3out of 4 3,218 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Sunnymede Infant School
Mons Avenue , CM11 2HQ 		3out of 4 3,226 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ramsden Hall Academy
Heath Road , Ramsden Heath CM11 1HN 		2out of 4 1,971 yd Academy special sponsor led No Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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