St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon

About St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School in Basildon has been rated Good by Ofsted following its most recent graded inspection in 2016, and a subsequent ungraded inspection in 2021 confirmed the school remains Good. That 2021 visit judged leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all as Good. It is a notable turnaround from the school's previous graded inspection in 2012, when it was rated Inadequate overall. The most telling academic metric is the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2: 70% of pupils achieved this benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That comfortably exceeds the local authority average for Essex primary schools, which sits at 62%. In the local Basildon area, St Teresa's ranks 10th out of 39 primary schools on this measure, placing it in the top quarter of schools in the borough.

Digging deeper into the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 results, reading is a clear strength: 80% of pupils reached the expected standard and 37% achieved the higher standard, both well above the national picture. In maths, 73% met the expected standard and 13% hit the higher mark, while writing saw 73% at expected and 13% at higher. Average scaled scores were 107 in reading and 104 in maths. Nationally, the school sits in the top 30% of all primary schools for the combined expected standard, ranking 4,089 out of 13,686 schools. Within the East of England region it ranks 427th out of 1,612. The school's overall Ofsted journey from Inadequate to Good, sustained over two inspections, reflects consistent improvement in leadership and classroom standards.

The school is a Roman Catholic state primary for mixed pupils aged 3 to 11, with nursery provision on site. It has capacity for 236 pupils and currently enrols 216, so there is some headroom. However, for Reception entry in 2025/26 it was oversubscribed: 58 applications for 27 places, with 22 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.15. Facilities include a library, art studios, a forest school, playing fields, a sports hall, gymnasium and chapel. Sports on offer include tennis, athletics, swimming and cricket, and clubs range from choir and drama to chess and gardening. The school lists SEND support for a broad range of needs, including dyslexia, moderate and severe learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language difficulties, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a school that suits families prioritising strong core academic outcomes within a faith-based setting, particularly those who value the forest school and varied extracurricular programme.

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