Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Braintree, Essex
Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy is a primary school in Braintree, Essex for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 November 2024.
Key facts
- Address
- Vicarage Road, Finchingfield, Braintree, CM7 4LD
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 71 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love coming to their school and say that staff ‘concentrate on us as individuals’.”
- “This is a small school that ‘welcomes everyone into the family’.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school and the friendships they have formed.”
To improve
- “However, on some occasions, lesson activities are not well matched to the different needs of pupils.”
- “As a result, work does not always show what pupils are capable of.”
- “However, despite the school’s considerable efforts, a significant minority of pupils are absent from school too often.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 13 offers in total, 13 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- Great Bardfield Primary School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School 1.6 mi Good
- Great Sampford Community Primary School 3.2 mi Good
- Shalford Primary School 3.6 mi Standards maintained
- St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Toppesfield 4.4 mi Good
- Thaxted Primary School 4.7 mi Good
- Steeple Bumpstead Primary School 5.1 mi Good
- Stebbing Primary School 5.4 mi School remains Good