Highfields Primary School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
Highfields Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Essex, East of England.
The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 320 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
Yes
2022
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Outstanding
Early yearsprovision
Outstanding
Academic Performance
Well above average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 82%
- Higher standard
- 27%
- Reading score
- 109
- Maths score
- 110
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
49%Boys
51%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Less deprived
- Total pupils
- 320
- IDACI quintile
- 2 (More deprived)
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.
School remains Outstanding
Ungraded inspection on 16 November 2022. 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Sept 2016 | Outstanding | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Outstanding |
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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