Magna Carta Primary Academy, Stansted Mountfitchet

In its own words: "At Magna Carta, we have only one preconception about the children we educate: no one can know what they might truly be capable of. Our refusal to put any limits on what our pupils can achieve motivates everything we do."

From the headteacher's welcome: "From the friendly hello and welcome you receive when you walk into our school entrance as well as meeting the smiling families you see on our school grounds collecting their children after school or clubs, as soon as you walk through our gates you will feel part of our community. Welcome to Magna Carta Primary Academy."

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils at Magna Carta Primary Academy reached the expected standard in reading and 69% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 76% in Essex and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 86% in reading and 69% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 20 families put Magna Carta Primary Academy as their first choice and 75 named it as one of their preferences, for 21 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Magna Carta Primary Academy are Bentfield Primary School and Nursery (0.4 miles, Good, 75% reading, 79% maths); St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 80% reading, 85% maths); Birchanger Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (1.3 miles, Good, 91% reading, 73% maths); and Manuden Primary School (1.6 miles, Good, 87% reading, 87% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Magna Carta Primary Academy.

Magna Carta Primary Academy is one of 12 schools run by Bmat Education, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

71 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Magna Carta Primary Academy (as of September 2025): 96% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that they would recommend the school (96%).

5.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (78%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 23 pupils (11.9%) received SEN support and 2 (1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Magna Carta Primary Academy has a resourced provision: 3 places, 3 pupils on roll.

Magna Carta Primary Academy had 14 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Stansted Mountfitchet Rail Station, about 270 metres away (roughly a 3-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lower Street (ne-bound), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Magna Carta Primary Academy stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 35 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Essex (97).

Magna Carta Primary Academy recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.