Best Primary Schools in Braintree

We checked all 19 primary schools in Braintree, Essex, and list every one: 16 ranked, then 3 without a rank.

Schools checked
19
Ranked
16
Without a rank
3

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Braintree. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Braintree also has 3 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Essex. Essex also has rankings for Colchester, Chelmsford, Harlow, Basildon, Brentwood and all of Essex.

Ranked primary schools in Braintree

  1. 1

    Shalford Primary School

    Academy, 73 pupils, inspected September 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    87%
    Higher standard
    47%

  2. 2

    St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree

    Local authority maintained, 203 pupils, inspected June 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    83%
    Higher standard
    17%

  3. 3

    Lyons Hall School

    Academy, 558 pupils, inspected October 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    18%

  4. 4

    Stisted Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy, 103 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    47%
    Higher standard
    20%

  5. 5

    Cressing Primary School

    Academy, 205 pupils, inspected September 2011

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    79%
    Higher standard
    7%

  6. 6

    Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 44 pupils, inspected January 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    88%
    Higher standard
    0%

  7. 7

    Notley Green Primary School

    Academy, 401 pupils, inspected June 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    66%
    Higher standard
    7%

  8. 8

    White Court School

    Local authority maintained, 550 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    64%
    Higher standard
    6%

  9. 9

    Bocking Primary School

    Academy, 203 pupils, inspected September 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    12%

  10. 10

    Beckers Green Primary School

    Academy, 317 pupils, inspected January 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    11%

  11. 11

    John Ray Junior School

    Academy, 439 pupils, inspected March 2020

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    6%

  12. 12

    Great Bardfield Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 117 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Expected standard
    Expected standard
    45%
    Higher standard
    0%

  13. 13

    Great Bradfords Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 326 pupils, inspected December 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    56%
    Higher standard
    4%

  14. 14

    St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 387 pupils, inspected April 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    52%
    Higher standard
    9%

  15. 15

    Rayne Primary and Nursery School

    Academy, 213 pupils, inspected June 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Expected standard
    48%
    Higher standard
    7%

  16. 16

    John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery

    Local authority maintained, 501 pupils, inspected March 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    55%
    Higher standard
    1%

Primary schools in Braintree without a rank