St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon, Basildon

Ofsted's report card from its 24 March 2026 inspection grades St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "At the end of Year 6, pupils achieve well in reading, writing and mathematics."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "The curriculum is thoughtfully designed, meticulously organised and ambitious."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have strengthened their strategic approach to attendance and secured tangible improvements."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children benefit from purposeful, age‑appropriate activities that promote communication and language development."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Systems to identify and respond to the needs of pupils are increasingly robust and start immediately."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders know the school well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The personal development offer is well sequenced and organised."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that all early years staff have the knowledge and skills to deliver high-quality provision consistently well"; "Leaders should strengthen how they measure the impact of the personal development programme by embedding structured opportunities to evaluate how pupils are remembering the content as they move through the school"; "Leaders should ensure that they apply rigour and precision to their monitoring of the impact of their work, therefore improving standards across all parts of school life".

In its own words: "Here at St Teresa's, we want pupils to be curious learners who persevere, challenge themselves and become kind and responsible citizens of the future, as Jesus showed us. Our Mission statement is that "with Jesus We Live Love And Learn". Our values are embedded in every aspect of school life."

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils at St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon reached the expected standard in reading and 87% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 76% in Essex and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 80% in reading and 73% in maths in 2024.

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

For September 2026 entry, 21 families put St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon as their first choice and 51 named it as one of their preferences, for 26 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 St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon are Greensted Primary School & Nursery (0.2 miles, Outstanding, 80% reading, 82% maths); Maple Grove Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 66% reading, 68% maths); Northlands Primary School and Nursery (0.5 miles, Good, 73% reading, 74% maths); and Bardfield Academy (0.5 miles, Requires improvement, 75% reading, 75% maths).

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon is one of 7 schools run by Christus Catholic Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

41 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon (as of April 2026): 88% would recommend the school, 93% say their child is happy there and 75% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (93%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (75%).

34.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (43%), White British (28%) and Mixed (10%).

In 2026, 21 pupils (9%) received SEN support and 13 (5.6%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

The nearest railway station is Pitsea Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Winged Horse (opposite), 220 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 515 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Essex (97), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon issued 8 suspensions, 3.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Basildon are The Basildon Lower Academy (0.3 miles), The Basildon Upper Academy (0.5 miles) and De La Salle School (1.4 miles).