Bardfield Academy
Primary schoolBardfield Academy is a primary school in Basildon, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 421 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), June 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 June 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 68% of pupils at Bardfield Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
8% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Ryedene Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Improved significantly, March 2025. 76% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- Greensted Primary School & NurseryPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)800 m
- Cherry Tree Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)810 m
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, BasildonPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- Maple Grove Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- The Basildon Lower AcademySecondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met, requires significant improvement1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Basildon
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).