Primary
Larchwood Primary School
Larchwood Gardens, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, CM15 9NG
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 420 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
- Local authority
- Essex
- Trust
- DISCOVERY EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 33.2
- Pupils per adult
- 12.6
- Pupils
- 417
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 July 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsOutstanding
- 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 inspections2
September 2022
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
Read the report (opens in a new tab)March 2017
Previous framework
Outstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
SATs results
66%
5 points below the Brentwood average (71% across 17 schools)
106.0
0.6 below the Brentwood average (106.6 across 17 schools)
10th of 17 by our score, among the primary schools in Brentwood we can score - 19 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 106 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 66% |
| Working at a higher standard | 15% |
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 | 66% |
| 23/24 | 58% |
| 24/25 | 66% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
Larchwood Gardens, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, CM15 9NG
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
- Stephen Bowsher
- Address
- Larchwood Gardens, Pilgrims Hatch, Brentwood, CM15 9NG
- Telephone
- 01277372450
Other primary schools nearby
- St Helen's Catholic Infant & Nursery SchoolNot enough data
- St Helen's Catholic Junior School7.6/10
- St Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Aided Primary School, Brentwood6.9/10
- Bentley St Paul's Church of England Primary School6.1/10
- Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary School9.6/10
- St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald8.7/10