Glebe Primary School

About Glebe Primary School

Glebe Primary School is a state primary in the Essex local authority, serving 408 pupils aged 3 to 11 in the Rochford borough. It sits 14th out of 19 primary schools in Rochford, placing it in the bottom half of the local league table. For context, the top-performing peers in the same local authority include Stambridge Primary School, St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School in Colchester, and Great Totham Primary School, all of which achieved the highest possible ranking scores. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Grove Wood Primary School, just 2.4 kilometres away. Glebe itself was rated Good in its most recent graded inspection in October 2024, a notable improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating in March 2022. Across all key areas inspected — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, early years provision, and leadership and management — the school now holds a Good label, reflecting a clear upward trajectory under headteacher Martyn Clarke.

Academically, Glebe’s Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. This is slightly below the Essex local authority average of 62%. In individual subjects, 72% reached the expected standard in reading and maths, and 71% in writing. At the higher standard, 7% of pupils achieved the combined benchmark, with 17% reaching that level in reading, 19% in writing, and 14% in maths. Average scaled scores were 104 in reading and 103 in maths. Nationally, the school ranks 7,783 out of 13,686 primaries, placing it in the 57th percentile. In the East of England region, it ranks 840th out of 1,612 schools. While progress scores are not available in the data, the school’s overall performance is solidly in line with national averages, though not among the strongest in its immediate area.

The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 127 applications for 47 places, a ratio of 2.7 applicants per place, with 46 first-preference offers made. Facilities include playing fields, an outdoor playground, a sports hall, gymnasium, sensory room, forest school, and a dining hall. Sports offered include gymnastics, cricket, netball, rounders, football and dance, while clubs range from chess and art to science, eco and book club. The school has a nursery provision and a range of SEND support, including for dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder, plus a resourced provision. Parent View responses from 101 respondents show 66% would recommend the school, though 48% disagreed that SEND children receive the support they need, and 34% would not recommend it. This suggests Glebe is a good fit for families prioritising a broad range of activities and a recent improvement journey, but those with specific SEND concerns may want to investigate further.

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