Danbury Park Community Primary School
Well Lane, Danbury, Danbury, CM3 4AB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Jones
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 259
- Pupils on roll
- 250
- URN
- 114992
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01245224994
About this school
Danbury Park Community Primary School is a community primary school in Danbury. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 250 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Danbury Park Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 38 | 36 | 38 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 75% | 71% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 16% | 11% | 18% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 83% | 95% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 83% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 76% | 89% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Danbury Park Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 61% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 71% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 256 |
| 2023/24 | 260 |
| 2024/25 | 247 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Danbury Park Community Primary School compares
Danbury Park Community Primary School ranked 136th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 71% | 3.9% | 4.9% | 250 | — |
| St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury | 71% | 5.6% | 16.9% | 222 | 0.7 miles |
| Priory Primary School, Bicknacre | 63% | 5.8% | 12% | 153 | 1.7 miles |
| Baddow Hall Infant School | — | 4.6% | 11.6% | 166 | 2.4 miles |
| Baddow Hall Junior School | 73% | 7% | 19.1% | 234 | 2.4 miles |
| Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy | — | — | — | 75 | 2.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 4.86%
- English as an additional language
- 2.4%
- Overall absence
- 3.91%
- Persistent absence
- 4.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury0.7 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Priory Primary School, Bicknacre1.7 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Baddow Hall Infant School2.4 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Baddow Hall Junior School2.4 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy2.5 miles
Primary · Maldon
Common questions
- What ages does Danbury Park Community Primary School teach?
- Danbury Park Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Danbury.
- Who is the headteacher of Danbury Park Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Danbury Park Community Primary School is Mrs Samantha Jones, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Danbury Park Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Danbury Park Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Danbury Park Community Primary School?
- Danbury Park Community Primary School has 250 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Danbury Park Community Primary School full?
- Danbury Park Community Primary School has capacity for 259 pupils and 250 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Danbury Park Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Danbury Park Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Danbury Park Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Danbury Park Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Danbury Park Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 61% in 2022/23 and 71% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Danbury Park Community Primary School compare with other schools in Essex?
- Danbury Park Community Primary School ranked 136th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 68% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Danbury Park Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Danbury Park Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Danbury Park Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Danbury Park Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.