St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

BraintreeConstituency

CM7 2NSPostcode

5.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Essex, East of England.

It currently serves 387 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 61%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

Black

14%

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

387

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

20%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 387
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

3 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
22 Jun 2025	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
7 Feb 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
14 Jan 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.