Brightside Primary School
Primary schoolBrightside Primary School is a primary school in Basildon, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 621 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, December 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 4 December 2024
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, 76% of pupils at Brightside Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
17% 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 | 76% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 17% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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- Buttsbury Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- St John's SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.3 km
- Mayflower High SchoolSecondary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 48.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.8 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).