Deneholm Primary School

About Deneholm Primary School

Deneholm Primary School in Thurrock was rated Good in its most recent graded Ofsted inspection in 2018, and a subsequent ungraded inspection in 2023 confirmed that the school remains Good. The most telling academic metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2, which stood at 58% in the 2023/24 results. That is below the Thurrock local authority average of 67%, placing Deneholm 28th out of 39 primary schools in the area. The school’s national ranking for this measure is in the bottom half of all primary schools. However, individual subject scores tell a more nuanced story: 80% of pupils met the expected standard in writing, and 71% did so in maths, with average scaled scores of 103 in reading and 102 in maths.

The proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard in all three subjects combined was just 3%, and the school’s overall ranking score of 58 places it in the bottom 50% nationally. In reading, 14% reached the higher standard, while in writing and maths the figures were 12% and 10% respectively. The school has held a Good rating across both its inspections, with leadership and management, early years provision and overall effectiveness all judged Good in the 2018 graded inspection. Compared with its previous inspection in 2013, the rating has remained consistent. With 421 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420, the school is effectively full, and 20.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is slightly above the national average.

Deneholm is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 105 applications for 32 places, with 30 offers made to first-preference families out of 31 first-preference applications, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.28. The school offers a broad range of facilities including a gymnasium, music rooms, an ICT suite, a sports hall, playing fields and a library, plus a chapel. Sports include rounders, athletics, cricket, tennis, swimming and cross country, and clubs range from gardening and art to coding, film and science. SEND provision covers specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication, autistic spectrum disorder and a resourced provision. This is a school that suits families who value a stable Good-rated setting with strong writing outcomes and a wide extracurricular offer, but who are aware that combined academic results sit below the local average.

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