Primary
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible Hedingham
School Road, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, CO9 3NR
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 213 of 218 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
- Local authority
- Essex
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chelmsford
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.7
- All staff (FTE)
- 18.5
- Pupils per adult
- 11.7
- Pupils
- 217
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
January 2019
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
55%
8 points below the Halstead average (63% across 11 schools)
103.0
2.3 below the Halstead average (105.3 across 11 schools)
5th of 11 by our score, among the primary schools in Halstead we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 102 |
| Average reading score | 103 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 55% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 71% |
| 23/24 | 45% |
| 24/25 | 55% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 103.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
School Road, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, CO9 3NR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Essex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Christopher Eynon
- Address
- School Road, Sible Hedingham, Halstead, CO9 3NR
- Telephone
- 01787460362
Other primary schools nearby
- de Vere Primary School6.6/10
- St Giles' Church of England Primary School6.2/10
- Gosfield Community Primary School4.8/10
- Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead5.9/10
- St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Toppesfield5.7/10
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead7.0/10