Springfield Primary School

About Springfield Primary School

Springfield Primary School sits within the Essex local authority, a large county with 444 primary schools. Among these, it ranks 269th, placing it in the bottom half of the local league table. For context, the top-performing peers in Essex include St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School in Colchester, Stambridge Primary School, and Great Totham Primary School, all of which achieved the highest possible ranking score. Closer to home, the nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Perryfields Junior School, just 0.7 kilometres away. Springfield itself holds a Good rating, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement judgement in 2018. The school is led by headteacher Jacquelyn Pick and serves 406 pupils, very close to its capacity of 420. With 29.1 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school draws from a community with above-average levels of disadvantage compared with the national primary average.

Academically, Springfield's Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show a mixed picture. The proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined was 54 per cent, below the Essex local authority average of 62 per cent. In individual subjects, 69 per cent met the expected standard in reading, 61 per cent in writing, and 75 per cent in maths. At the higher standard, just 6 per cent achieved the combined benchmark, with 30 per cent reaching that level in reading and maths, and only 8 per cent in writing. Average scaled scores were 105 in both reading and maths, in line with the national average of 105. The school's ranking nationally places it in the bottom 50 per cent of primary schools, at the 70th percentile. Progress scores are not available in the data, so it is not possible to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points.

Springfield offers a broad range of facilities including a library, sports hall, ICT suite, music rooms, art studios, and a forest school, alongside a chapel on site. Sports provision covers football, cricket, netball and cross country, while extracurricular clubs include drama, gardening, art, choir and book club. The school has a comprehensive SEND offer, with provisions for autistic spectrum disorder, speech and language difficulties, hearing impairment, physical disability, and social, emotional and mental health needs. Admissions data for 2025/26 shows the school is oversubscribed: 120 applications for 50 places, with 29 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.4. This suggests strong local demand, but families should be aware that securing a place is competitive. Springfield is best suited to families who value a well-equipped primary with strong SEND support and a forest school programme, and who are comfortable with a school that is improving but still below the local average in academic outcomes.

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