John Ray Junior School | School performance

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

436

Pupils · 2024/25

19%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

436

Pupils · 2024/25

19%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

62%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

436

Pupils · 2024/25

19%

EAL · 2024/25

14%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 10/03/2020

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEssex

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio25.5:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of John Ray Junior School · Primary · Essex

Part ofTHE COMPASS PARTNERSHIP OF SCHOOLS

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

62%

+6pp

62%51%39%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 62%

RWM higher standard

+1pp

11%7%2%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 6%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

76%

Reading higher standard

26%

Writing expected standard

72%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

72%

Maths higher standard

19%

Science expected standard

83%

SPAG expected standard

72%

SPAG higher standard

19%

Reading scaled score

105.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

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

436

Pupil : teacher ratio

25.5

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

19%

FSM eligible

28%

SEN

20%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

14%

Contact

Address

Notley Road, Braintree, CM7 1HL

Local authority

Essex

Website

https://www.johnray.compassps.uk/

Telephone

01376324107

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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	62%	6%	76%	26%	72%	8%	72%	19%	83%	72%	105.0	103.0	104.0	—	—	—	20%	436
2023/24	56%	5%	66%	25%	74%	15%	64%	15%	78%	61%	102.0	102.0	103.0	—	—	—	21%	440
2022/23	55%	11%	63%	27%	68%	14%	63%	20%	79%	72%	104.0	103.0	105.0	-1.90	-0.50	-1.40	24%	408
2018/19	39%	2%	59%	10%	60%	21%	57%	18%	71%	72%	100.0	102.0	103.0	-5.10	-2.50	-4.10	21%	393
2017/18	54%	10%	78%	30%	64%	13%	72%	16%	63%	80%	105.0	103.0	106.0	-1.10	-5.10	-2.50	—	411
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	436	26.7	20%	19%	28%	5%	14%
2023/24	440	25.4	21%	17%	28%	5%	14%
2022/23	408	23.6	24%	14%	26%	6%	16%
2021/22	396	21.4	25%	13%	29%	7%	20%
2020/21	399	25.1	26%	13%	30%	—	—
2018/19	393	22.1	21%	13%	23%	4%	10%
2017/18	—	26.2	—	—	—	4%	6%
2016/17	—	—	—	—	—	4%	14%