Barling Magna Primary Academy
Little Wakering Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS3 0LN
167 pupils · 80% of 210 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- THE BRICKFIELDS TRUST
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 22.2%
Ofsted
Good (2019) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
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 9 October 2019, published 14 November 2019. 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 | 68% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 8% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.56 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 18 | 10 | 45 | 18 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 21 | 15 | 55 | 20 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 23 | 22 | 37 | 23 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 22 | 21 | 53 | 21 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 24 | 19 | 64 | 22 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 26 | 17 | 50 | 20 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 25 | 26 | 44 | 25 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 12 | 12 | 42 | 12 |
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
- Great Wakering Primary Academy 2.3 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Bournes Green Infant School 3.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Bournes Green Junior School 3.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Friars Primary School and Nursery 3.6 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- St George's Catholic Primary School 3.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Stambridge Primary School 3.8 km · Good (2023) · 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.