Roseacres Primary School
General Information
- Address: Roseacres, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford, CM22 6QY – View on map
- Phone: 01279879599
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Vicky Childs
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 25 families put it first for 25 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 25 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 12 · 2025 8 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 30
- % eligible for free school meals: 15.5%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Uttlesford average)
- English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.8% a year (Uttlesford 13.5%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 59% moved to another school, 41% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Essex: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 28 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 17 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Essex (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 4.3%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 11.9%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Speech, language and communications needs: 2 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2024 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 71% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Uttlesford average (69%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 73% against an expected 61%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 73%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 73% · Writing 78% · Maths 76% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 71%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 105
- Based on: 41 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 16th of 33 junior and primary schools in the area
- #15Chrishall Holy Trinity and St Nicholas CofE (Aided) Primary School and Pre-School73%
- =16Bentfield Primary School and Nursery71%
- =16Roseacres Primary School71%
- =18Henham and Ugley Primary and Nursery School70%
- =18Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School70%
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22nd of 30 primary schools in Uttlesford for Ofsted rating
- #20Rickling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
- #21Rodings Primary SchoolGood
- #22Roseacres Primary SchoolGood
- #23St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
- #24St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,739 (2024-25)
30th of 33 primary schools in Uttlesford for spending per pupil
- #28Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£5,918
- #29St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£5,866
- #30Roseacres Primary School£5,739
- #31Magna Carta Primary Academy£5,687
- #32Hatfield Heath Primary School£5,558
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