# Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery

Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Tendring, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 653 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E114755. [Tendring](https://openindex.co.uk/tendring)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 653
- Council: Tendring
- URN: 114755

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), February 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 28 February 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 69% of pupils at Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
6% 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 | 69% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Colne Community School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/colne-community-school-e146795): 920 m. Secondary. Good (overall), June 2023. Attainment 8 of 42.3 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/114755)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/114755)

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