Shaw Primary Academy, South Ockendon
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Shaw Primary Academy creates a warm, caring environment where every child is known and supported. The school excels at developing confident, happy learners who read well and achieve across a broad curriculum. Parents can feel assured that their child will benefit from excellent enrichment opportunities, strong safeguarding, and genuine support for their emotional and social development.
Key Strengths
- Outstanding personal development programme with extensive enrichment opportunities including clubs, trips and role model encounters
- Effective phonics teaching and strong focus on reading from nursery onwards, resulting in confident, fluent readers
- Excellent support for pupils with SEND, with comprehensive checks and adapted lessons ensuring they achieve well
- Well-considered early years curriculum that gives children strong foundations and prepares them well for Year 1
- Positive behaviour and respectful relationships throughout the school, with pupils being polite and accepting of differences
Areas for Improvement
- In a couple of foundation subjects, the school has not clearly identified the essential knowledge pupils should know and remember, leading to gaps in pupils' knowledge and skills
- The school needs to ensure important curriculum content is clearly sequenced in these subjects so teachers know exactly what to teach and when
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements are effective and the school has created a positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Sports clubs, creative art clubs, construction clubs, nature clubs, school council, language community groups, residential trips to outdoor activity centre, museum overnight visits
Shaw Primary Academy is a happy school where staff provide high levels of care and support, helping pupils feel safe and achieve well. The school has high expectations and ambitions for all pupils, with engaging lessons that motivate them to try their best.
At a Glance
30.4%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
30 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 88%. Maths has improved from 84% to 89%. Writing has remained stable at around 86%.
Class Sizes
24.5
Avg class size
26.7
Infant (KS1)
28.0
KS2
15
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
391 pupils
446 capacity
55 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - South Ockendon
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for South Ockendon
Admissions Demand - Thurrock
Places available
2,559
Applications
2,223
Got 1st preference
91.6%
Got preferred school
98.8%
Primary admissions across Thurrock (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.66068%
Overall absence
19.2%
Persistent absence
375
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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