Shaw Primary Academy
Avon Green, South Ockendon, RM15 5QJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SHAW PRIMARY ACADEMY
- Headteacher
- Ms Dawn Kimpton
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Thurrock
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 446
- Pupils on roll
- 391
- URN
- 139166
- Local authority
- Thurrock
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708852367
About this school
Shaw Primary Academy is a primary academy in South Ockendon. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 391 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 59 | 57 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 64% | 79% | 82% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 14% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 86% | 88% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 84% | 89% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | 86% | 93% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 110.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| 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 Shaw Primary Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Thurrock average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 64% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 79% | 63.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 82% | 67% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 434 |
| 2023/24 | 434 |
| 2024/25 | 397 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Shaw Primary Academy compares
Shaw Primary Academy ranked 7th of 39 primary schools in Thurrock for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 90% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 82% | 6.7% | 34.5% | 391 | — |
| Holy Cross Catholic Primary School | 70% | 3.8% | 20% | 224 | 0.3 miles |
| Bonnygate Primary School | 60% | 5.6% | 22.9% | 439 | 0.3 miles |
| Somers Heath Primary School | 81% | 5.6% | 32.3% | 415 | 0.5 miles |
| Dilkes Academy | 86% | 4.3% | 19.7% | 554 | 0.6 miles |
| Benyon Primary School | 80% | 6.1% | 26.9% | 431 | 1.1 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.46%
- English as an additional language
- 30.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.66%
- Persistent absence
- 19.2%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Holy Cross Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · South Ockendon
-
Bonnygate Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · South Ockendon
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Somers Heath Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · South Ockendon
-
Dilkes Academy0.6 miles
Primary · South Ockendon
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Benyon Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · South Ockendon
Other schools in South Ockendon
Shaw Primary Academy ranks 3rd of the 8 ranked primary schools in South Ockendon.
- Aveley Primary School Primary
- Benyon Primary School Primary
- Bonnygate Primary School Primary
- Dilkes Academy Primary
- Holy Cross Catholic Primary School Primary
- Kenningtons Primary Academy Primary
- Somers Heath Primary School Primary
- Harris Academy Ockendon Secondary
- Ormiston Park Academy Secondary
- Beacon Hill Academy Academies
Common questions
- What year groups does Shaw Primary Academy teach?
- Shaw Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in South Ockendon.
- Who is the headteacher of Shaw Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Shaw Primary Academy is Ms Dawn Kimpton, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Shaw Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Shaw Primary Academy, 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 Shaw Primary Academy?
- Shaw Primary Academy has 391 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Shaw Primary Academy full?
- Shaw Primary Academy has capacity for 446 pupils and 391 on roll (88%), so it has space against 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 Shaw Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Shaw Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Shaw Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Shaw Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Shaw Primary Academy?
- Shaw Primary Academy is part of SHAW PRIMARY ACADEMY. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Shaw Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 64% in 2022/23 and 82% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Shaw Primary Academy rank locally?
- Shaw Primary Academy ranked 7th of 39 primary schools in Thurrock for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 90% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Shaw Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Shaw Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Shaw Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Shaw Primary Academy'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 1 July 2026.