Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
High Street, Canewdon, Rochford, SS4 3QA
This school is closed (it closed in November 2023).
It was replaced by Canewdon Church of England Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Willis
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 157
- Pupils on roll
- 110
- URN
- 115091
- Local authority
- Essex
About this school
Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School was a Church of England voluntary controlled primary school in Rochford. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 110 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 15 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 87% | 67% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.70 | - |
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 Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 | 73% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.6% | 6.4% | 110 | — |
| Canewdon Church of England Primary School | 59% | 8.1% | 19.8% | 90 | 0.0 miles |
| Stambridge Primary School | 100% | 5.8% | 17.6% | 82 | 2.3 miles |
| Waterman Primary School | 50% | 6.9% | 63.4% | 67 | 2.6 miles |
| Lift Ashingdon | 87% | 3.6% | 9.1% | 206 | 2.7 miles |
| Holt Farm Infant School | — | 6.5% | 22.3% | 211 | 2.7 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 6.4%
- English as an additional language
- 1.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.6%
- Persistent absence
- 15.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Canewdon Church of England Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Rochford
-
Stambridge Primary School2.3 miles
Primary · Rochford
-
Waterman Primary School2.6 miles
Primary · Rochford
-
Lift Ashingdon2.7 miles
Primary · Rochford
-
Holt Farm Infant School2.7 miles
Primary · Rochford
Other schools in Rochford
- Canewdon Church of England Primary School Primary
- Holt Farm Infant School Primary
- Holt Farm Junior School Primary
- Lift Ashingdon Primary
- Rochford Primary and Nursery School Primary
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School Primary
- Stambridge Primary School Primary
- Waterman Primary School Primary
- The King Edmund School Secondary
- Poplar Adolescent Unit Local authority maintained schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School teach?
- Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Rochford.
- Has Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School?
- Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School had 110 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Canewdon Endowed Church of England Voluntary Controlled 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 November 2023.