John Ray Junior School
Primary schoolJohn Ray Junior School is a primary school in Braintree, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 439 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), March 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 10 March 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 5 March 2025
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, 62% of pupils at John Ray Junior School 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 | 62% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 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- John Ray Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 201910 m
- Notley High School and Sixth FormSecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 46.1 (2025/26, provisional)210 m
- St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- Notley Green Primary SchoolPrimary. Improved significantly, November 2024. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- Alec Hunter AcademySecondary. School remains Good, November 2022. Attainment 8 of 47.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.7 km
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, BraintreePrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.8 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Braintree
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).