John Ray Infant School

State-Funded School
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Region
East of EnglandRegion
EssexLocal Authority
BraintreeConstituency
Postcode
CM7 1HLPostcode
5.5
Academic Performance
Ofsted

About the School

John Ray Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–7, located in Essex, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 319 pupils. John Ray Infant School is part of The Compass Partnership of Schools.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

9

Rating last maintained

2011

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White
77%
Asian
5%
Black
6%
Mixed
8%
Any other group
<1%
Unclassified
4%

Pupils

319

Total Pupils

51%Boys
49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals
20%
England average
27%
First language not English
13%
England average
22%
Young carers
<1%
England average
1%
0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase
Primary
Age range
2 – 7
Deprivation band
Average
Total pupils
319
IDACI quintile
3 (Average)
MAT name
The Compass Partnership of Schools

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published
Overall
16 Feb 2011
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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