OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
18 March 2025
Latest published outcome
Not judged
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Foundation school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Essex
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
389
389 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
191
49.1% of pupils
Male pupils
198
50.9% of pupils
11.4 pts
below England
School
13.4%
Basildon
24.2%
East of England
19.7%
England
24.8%
10.3 pts
below England
School
10.0%
Basildon
15.1%
East of England
16.4%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Basildon
1.8%
East of England
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
5.7%
22
Any other Mixed background
4.9%
19
White and Black Caribbean
1.5%
6
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
15.4%
60 of
389 pupils
5.4 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
13.6%
53 pupils
England
14.8%
1.2 pts
below
EHC plans
1.8%
7 pupils
England
6.0%
4.2 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
22
Speech, language & communication
11
Autistic spectrum disorder
9
Moderate learning difficulty
7
Other difficulty or disability
5
Severe learning difficulty
4
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
3.77%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.45 pts
lower than
England
School
3.77%
Basildon
6.97%
East of England
6.17%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
6.52%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
9.29 pts
lower than
England
School
6.52%
Basildon
17.78%
East of England
15.39%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.00%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.80 pts
lower than
England
School
0.00%
Basildon
2.43%
East of England
1.83%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
92.6%
4.4 pts
above England
Sunnymede Primary School
92.6%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.