Bocking Primary School
Church Street, Braintree, CM7 5LA
203 pupils · 97% of 210 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- ATTAIN ACADEMY PARTNERSHIP
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 15.8%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
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 November 2023, published 4 December 2023. 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 | 62% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 12% |
“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 — 1.37 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 30 | 41 | 77 | 30 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 29 | 27 | 46 | 29 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 31 | 64 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 32 | 68 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 30 | 29 | 70 | 30 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 26 | 21 | 50 | 24 |
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
- John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery 2.2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School 2.2 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Great Bradfords Junior School 2.2 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree 2.4 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Lyons Hall School 2.8 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 3.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
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.