Beckers Green Primary School
Beckers Green Road, Braintree, CM7 3PR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SAFFRON ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Smyth
- Sponsor
- Saffron Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 364
- Pupils on roll
- 317
- URN
- 147816
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01376322687
About this school
Beckers Green Primary School is a primary academy in Braintree. It teaches children aged 5 to 11 and has 317 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 28 June 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 | 47 | 45 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 62% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 7% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 85% | 78% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 76% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 73% | 64% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.50 | - | - |
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 Beckers Green 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 | 72% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 313 |
| 2023/24 | 314 |
| 2024/25 | 317 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beckers Green Primary School compares
Beckers Green Primary School ranked 239th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 6.3% | 33.8% | 317 | — |
| Lyons Hall School | 73% | 4.3% | 14.7% | 558 | 0.7 miles |
| Great Bradfords Junior School | 56% | 5.9% | 37.1% | 326 | 1.0 miles |
| Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School | — | 5.6% | 25.9% | 269 | 1.0 miles |
| Cressing Primary School | 79% | 4.4% | 20.4% | 205 | 1.3 miles |
| John Ray Infant School | — | 5.3% | 23.8% | 319 | 1.3 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)
- 33.75%
- English as an additional language
- 18.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.3%
- Persistent absence
- 19.3%
Location
Nearby schools
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Lyons Hall School0.7 miles
Primary · Braintree
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Great Bradfords Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Braintree
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Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Braintree
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Cressing Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Braintree
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John Ray Infant School1.3 miles
Primary · Braintree
Other schools in Braintree
Beckers Green Primary School ranks 10th of the 16 ranked primary schools in Braintree.
- Bocking Primary School Primary
- Cressing Primary School Primary
- Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy Primary
- Great Bardfield Primary School Primary
- Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Great Bradfords Junior School Primary
- John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery Primary
- John Ray Infant School Primary
- John Ray Junior School Primary
- Lyons Hall School Primary
- Notley Green Primary School Primary
- Rayne Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Beckers Green Primary School teach?
- Beckers Green Primary School teaches children aged 5 to 11. It is a primary school in Braintree.
- Who is the headteacher of Beckers Green Primary School?
- The headteacher of Beckers Green Primary School is Mrs Claire Smyth, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Beckers Green Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beckers Green 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 Beckers Green Primary School?
- Beckers Green Primary School has 317 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- Is Beckers Green Primary School full?
- Beckers Green Primary School has capacity for 364 pupils and 317 on roll (87%), 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 Beckers Green Primary School a faith school?
- No. Beckers Green Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Beckers Green Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Beckers Green Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Beckers Green Primary School?
- Beckers Green Primary School is part of SAFFRON ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Beckers Green Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 72% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Beckers Green Primary School rank locally?
- Beckers Green Primary School ranked 239th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Beckers Green Primary School's absence rate?
- Beckers Green Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beckers Green Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beckers Green 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 10 July 2026.