Freshwaters Primary Academy
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
Freshwaters Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Essex, East of England.
The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 413 pupils. Freshwaters Primary Academy is part of BMAT EDUCATION.
Ofsted Rating
9
2025
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Early yearsprovision
Good
Academic Performance
Above average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 68%
- Higher standard
- 5%
- Reading score
- 106
- Maths score
- 105
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
51%Boys
49%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Deprived
- Total pupils
- 413
- IDACI quintile
- 4 (Less deprived)
- MAT name
- BMAT EDUCATION
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.
Standards maintained
Ungraded inspection on 22 January 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.
Read the inspection letter on Ofsted| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 May 2015 | Good | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Good |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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