Barling Magna Primary Academy | School performance

68%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

171

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

68%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

171

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

68%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

171

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

16%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 09/10/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEssex

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio18.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Barling Magna Primary Academy · Primary · Essex

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

68%

+18pp

79%65%50%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 68%

RWM higher standard

-3pp

16%8%0%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 8%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

72%

Reading higher standard

12%

Writing expected standard

76%

Writing higher standard

24%

Maths expected standard

76%

Maths higher standard

24%

Science expected standard

80%

SPAG expected standard

52%

SPAG higher standard

20%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

100.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

171

Pupil : teacher ratio

18.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

20%

SEN

25%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

16%

Contact

Address

Little Wakering Road, Barling Magna, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0LN

Local authority

Essex

Website

www.barlingmagna.essex.sch.uk

Telephone

01702218961

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	68%	8%	72%	12%	76%	24%	76%	24%	80%	52%	103.0	103.0	100.0	—	—	—	25%	171
2023/24	50%	11%	78%	28%	61%	22%	67%	22%	89%	56%	106.0	102.0	101.0	—	—	—	26%	183
2022/23	50%	0%	75%	38%	69%	0%	75%	13%	94%	88%	106.0	103.0	104.0	+0.30	-3.20	-1.20	13%	176
2018/19	74%	13%	78%	35%	83%	22%	83%	26%	83%	83%	105.0	104.0	104.0	+0.20	-0.10	-1.60	13%	143
2017/18	79%	16%	89%	32%	100%	63%	89%	37%	100%	89%	107.0	108.0	107.0	+0.10	+4.80	+1.30	—	147
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	171	18.2	25%	1%	20%	6%	16%
2023/24	183	17.8	26%	0%	22%	6%	16%
2022/23	176	19.6	13%	1%	25%	6%	15%
2021/22	173	20.6	10%	2%	22%	6%	15%
2020/21	150	16.8	12%	1%	25%	—	—
2018/19	143	20.6	13%	0%	26%	4%	8%
2017/18	—	21.2	—	—	—	5%	10%
2016/17	—	—	—	—	—	4%	12%