Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School

Braintree · CM7 4BP

General information Primary School · 5-11 years Who goes here 44 pupils, 6.8% FSM

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Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School

General Information

Address: Silver St, Wethersfield, Braintree, CM7 4BP – View on map
Phone: 01371850220
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Jinnie Nichols
Age range: 5-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 2 families put it first for 3 places – 7 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 3 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 7
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

44 pupils out of 89 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 3
% eligible for free school meals: 6.8%
Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the Braintree average)
English as an additional language: 2% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 27.3% a year (Braintree 16.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

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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: 4.9%
Persistently absent pupils: 7.3%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 38.6%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2024 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 88% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 0% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 27 percentage points above the Braintree average (62%)
3-year average (expected standard): 73%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 88% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 63%
Average test scores: reading 107, maths 105
Based on: 8 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

This schoolBraintree averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 27 percentage points above the Braintree average (62%).

Year 6 SATs: 1st of 45 junior and primary schools in the area

#1Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School88%
=2Shalford Primary School87%
=2St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Great Yeldham87%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School88%
=2Shalford Primary School87%
=2St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Great Yeldham87%
#4Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School84%
#5St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree83%
#6St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead82%
#7Cressing Primary School79%
#8Ridgewell Church of England Primary School77%
=9Lyons Hall School73%
=9White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School73%
=11Feering Church of England Primary School72%
=11Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy72%
=11Witham Oaks Academy72%
#14Steeple Bumpstead Primary School71%
=15de Vere Primary School70%
=15Holy Family Catholic Primary School70%
#17St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall68%
=18Chipping Hill Primary School67%
=18Rivenhall Church of England Primary School67%
=18St Giles' Church of England Primary School67%
#21Notley Green Primary School66%
#22White Court School64%
=23Bocking Primary School62%
=23John Ray Junior School62%
=25Beckers Green Primary School60%
=25Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead60%
=25St Andrew's Bulmer Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School60%
=28St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Toppesfield57%
=28Terling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School57%
#30Great Bradfords Junior School56%
=31John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery55%
=31St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible Hedingham55%
#33Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery54%
#34St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School52%
#35Howbridge Church of England Junior School51%
#36St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh50%
=37Elm Hall Primary School48%
=37Rayne Primary and Nursery School48%
=37Richard de Clare Community Academy48%
#40Stisted Church of England Primary Academy47%
=41Great Bardfield Primary School45%
=41Silver End Academy45%
#43Templars Academy42%
#44Gosfield Community Primary School35%
#45Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School28%

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30th of 33 primary schools in Braintree for Ofsted rating

#28Templars AcademyGood
#29Terling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
#30Wethersfield CofE VC Primary SchoolGood
#31White Court SchoolGood
#32White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Stisted Church of England Primary AcademyOutstanding
#3Beckers Green Primary SchoolGood
#4Belchamp St Paul Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#5Bocking Primary SchoolGood
#6Colne Engaine Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#7Cressing Primary SchoolGood
#8Earls Colne Primary School and NurseryGood
#9Elm Hall Primary SchoolGood
#10Feering Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#11Gosfield Community Primary SchoolGood
#12Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#13Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, HalsteadGood
#14John Bunyan Primary School and NurseryGood
#15Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary AcademyGood
#16Lyons Hall SchoolGood
#17Notley Green Primary SchoolGood
#18Rivenhall Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#19Shalford Primary SchoolGood
#20St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Great YeldhamGood
#21St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, HalsteadGood
#22St Francis Catholic Primary School, BraintreeGood
#23St Giles' Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#24St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School PebmarshGood
#25St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School ToppesfieldGood
#26St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, CoggeshallGood
#27Steeple Bumpstead Primary SchoolGood
#28Templars AcademyGood
#29Terling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
#30Wethersfield CofE VC Primary SchoolGood
#31White Court SchoolGood
#32White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#33de Vere Primary SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

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