Purfleet Primary Academy
Tank Hill Road, Purfleet-on-Thames, RM19 1TA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Eugene Samuel
- Religious ethos
- None
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- REAch2 Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Thurrock
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 619
- URN
- 139380
- Local authority
- Thurrock
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01375802700
About this school
Purfleet Primary Academy is a primary academy in Purfleet-on-Thames. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 619 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 69 | 87 | 79 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 68% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 8% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 86% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 77% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 67% | 74% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.90 | - | - |
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 Purfleet 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 | 65% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 68% | 63.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 67% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 591 |
| 2023/24 | 639 |
| 2024/25 | 610 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Purfleet Primary Academy compares
Purfleet Primary Academy ranked 28th of 39 primary schools in Thurrock for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 6.4% | 37.9% | 619 | — |
| Aveley Primary School | 81% | 5.5% | 27.1% | 425 | 1.5 miles |
| Dartford Bridge Community Primary School | 79% | 4.9% | 12.8% | 473 | 1.6 miles |
| Kenningtons Primary Academy | 88% | 4.3% | 18.9% | 429 | 1.7 miles |
| West Thurrock Academy | 83% | 4.5% | 26% | 440 | 2.0 miles |
| St. Paul's (Slade Green) Church of England Primary School | 50% | 8% | 48.6% | 348 | 2.0 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)
- 37.91%
- English as an additional language
- 39.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.44%
- Persistent absence
- 21.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Aveley Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · South Ockendon
-
Dartford Bridge Community Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Dartford
-
Kenningtons Primary Academy1.7 miles
Primary · South Ockendon
-
West Thurrock Academy2.0 miles
Primary · Grays
-
St. Paul's (Slade Green) Church of England Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Erith
Common questions
- What year groups does Purfleet Primary Academy teach?
- Purfleet Primary Academy teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Purfleet-on-Thames.
- Who is the headteacher of Purfleet Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Purfleet Primary Academy is Mr Eugene Samuel, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Purfleet Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Purfleet 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 Purfleet Primary Academy?
- Purfleet Primary Academy has 619 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Purfleet Primary Academy full?
- Purfleet Primary Academy has capacity for 630 pupils and 619 on roll (98%), 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 Purfleet Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Purfleet Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Purfleet Primary Academy have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Purfleet Primary Academy as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Purfleet Primary Academy?
- Purfleet Primary Academy is part of REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Purfleet Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 65% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Purfleet Primary Academy rank locally?
- Purfleet Primary Academy ranked 28th of 39 primary schools in Thurrock for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Purfleet Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Purfleet Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Purfleet Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Purfleet 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.