St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible Hedingham
School Road, Halstead, CO9 3NR
213 pupils · 98% of 218 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 12.2%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 1 October 2024, published 24 October 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 55% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.3 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 39 | 66 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 33 | 51 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 33 | 54 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 43 | 62 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 44 | 53 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 30 | 35 | 62 | 30 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 28 | 25 | 42 | 28 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 29 | 34 | 52 | 29 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- de Vere Primary School 2.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Giles' Church of England Primary School 3.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Gosfield Community Primary School 4.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead 4.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Toppesfield 5.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead 5.2 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.