Primary
Richard de Clare Community Academy
Parsonage Street, Halstead, CO9 2JT
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 370 of 466 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.6
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- BRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 22.4
- Pupils per adult
- 15.8
- Pupils
- 353
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 March 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- 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
June 2019
Previous framework
Inadequate
- Leadership and governanceInadequate
SATs results
48%
15 points below the Halstead average (63% across 11 schools)
104.0
1.3 below the Halstead average (105.3 across 11 schools)
9th 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 | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 48% |
| Working at a higher standard | 2% |
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 | 55% |
| 23/24 | 40% |
| 24/25 | 48% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 105.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 104.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
Parsonage Street, Halstead, CO9 2JT
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
- Lucinda Bellett
- Address
- Parsonage Street, Halstead, CO9 2JT
- Telephone
- 01787472153
Other primary schools nearby
- Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead5.9/10
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead7.0/10
- Gosfield Community Primary School4.8/10
- Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School4.3/10
- St Giles' Church of England Primary School6.2/10
- Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery5.7/10