Warley Primary School
Chindits Lane, Warley, Brentwood, CM14 5LF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennifer Evans
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 426
- URN
- 115042
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01277223008
About this school
Warley Primary School is a community primary school in Brentwood. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 426 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 3 February 2023, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
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 | 43 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 61% | 60% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 89% | 67% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 74% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 72% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.30 | - | - |
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 Warley 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 | 60% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 345 |
| 2023/24 | 363 |
| 2024/25 | 390 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Warley Primary School compares
Warley Primary School ranked 188th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 4.6% | 12.8% | 426 | — |
| Holly Trees Primary School | 65% | 4.6% | 27.1% | 417 | 0.6 miles |
| Hogarth Primary School | 65% | 6.7% | 25.6% | 211 | 1.1 miles |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Aided Primary School, Brentwood | 69% | 5.7% | 22.8% | 510 | 1.5 miles |
| St Helen's Catholic Junior School | 78% | 4% | 13% | 344 | 1.6 miles |
| St Helen's Catholic Infant & Nursery School | — | 3.6% | 10.2% | 173 | 1.7 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)
- 12.82%
- English as an additional language
- 16.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.62%
- Persistent absence
- 12.72%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holly Trees Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Brentwood
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Hogarth Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Brentwood
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St Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Aided Primary School, Brentwood1.5 miles
Primary · Brentwood
-
St Helen's Catholic Junior School1.6 miles
Primary · Brentwood
-
St Helen's Catholic Infant & Nursery School1.7 miles
Primary · Brentwood
Other schools in Brentwood
Warley Primary School ranks 10th of the 17 ranked primary schools in Brentwood.
- Bentley St Paul's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School Primary
- Doddinghurst Infant School Primary
- Hogarth Primary School Primary
- Holly Trees Primary School Primary
- Hutton All Saints' Church of England Primary School Primary
- Ingrave Johnstone Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School Primary
- Larchwood Primary School Primary
- Long Ridings Primary School Primary
- Mountnessing Church of England Primary School Primary
- Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Warley Primary School teach?
- Warley Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Brentwood.
- Who is the headteacher of Warley Primary School?
- The headteacher of Warley Primary School is Mrs Jennifer Evans, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Warley Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Warley 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 big is Warley Primary School?
- Warley Primary School has 426 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Warley Primary School full?
- Warley Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 426 on roll (101%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Warley Primary School a faith school?
- No. Warley Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Warley Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Warley Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Warley 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 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Warley Primary School rank locally?
- Warley Primary School ranked 188th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Warley Primary School's absence rate?
- Warley Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Warley Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Warley 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.