Whitmore Primary School and Nursery | Primary in Basildon | Ofsted & DfE

57%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

650

Pupils · 2024/25

20%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

57%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

650

Pupils · 2024/25

20%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

57%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

650

Pupils · 2024/25

20%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 24/09/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEssex

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio24.4:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Whitmore Primary School and Nursery · Primary · Essex

Part ofBERLESDUNA ACADEMY TRUST

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

57%

+1pp

65%59%52%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 57%

RWM higher standard

0pp

6%5%3%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 4%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

70%

Reading higher standard

17%

Writing expected standard

79%

Writing higher standard

15%

Maths expected standard

71%

Maths higher standard

11%

Science expected standard

94%

SPAG expected standard

65%

SPAG higher standard

18%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

102.0

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

650

Pupil : teacher ratio

24.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

20%

FSM eligible

39%

SEN

19%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

22%

Contact

Address

Whitmore Way, Basildon, SS14 2TP

Local authority

Essex

Website

www.whitmore-pri.essex.sch.uk

Telephone

01268520435

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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	57%	4%	70%	17%	79%	15%	71%	11%	94%	65%	103.0	103.0	102.0	—	—	—	19%	650
2023/24	56%	4%	64%	19%	74%	12%	70%	11%	79%	56%	102.0	102.0	101.0	—	—	—	14%	645
2022/23	52%	6%	58%	19%	72%	8%	69%	13%	78%	58%	101.0	102.0	102.0	-3.80	-0.60	-2.60	14%	653
2018/19	65%	6%	66%	16%	81%	13%	79%	8%	92%	66%	102.0	103.0	103.0	-0.40	+1.40	-0.70	10%	619
2017/18	64%	3%	69%	16%	72%	19%	76%	10%	79%	67%	103.0	102.0	104.0	-0.60	+0.80	-0.20	—	579
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	12%	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	650	23.6	19%	20%	39%	7%	22%
2023/24	645	23.8	14%	17%	42%	8%	25%
2022/23	653	23.7	14%	14%	42%	10%	29%
2021/22	656	24.5	11%	14%	43%	12%	41%
2020/21	655	25.2	12%	11%	39%	—	—
2018/19	619	22.7	10%	9%	36%	6%	21%
2017/18	—	23.6	—	—	—	6%	19%
2016/17	557	25.0	12%	9%	39%	5%	11%