Best Primary Schools in Brentwood

We checked all 21 primary schools in Brentwood, Essex, and list every one: 17 ranked, then 4 without a rank.

Schools checked
21
Ranked
17
Without a rank
4

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 Brentwood. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Brentwood also has 6 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, Braintree and all of Essex.

Ranked primary schools in Brentwood

  1. 1

    Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 420 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    93%
    Higher standard
    38%

  2. 2

    St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald

    Local authority maintained, 454 pupils, inspected November 2025

    Report card: Strong standard to exceptional
    Expected standard
    98%
    Higher standard
    28%

  3. 3

    Mountnessing Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 191 pupils, inspected March 2011

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    81%
    Higher standard
    19%

  4. 4

    St Helen's Catholic Junior School

    Academy, 344 pupils, inspected July 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    78%
    Higher standard
    27%

  5. 5

    Long Ridings Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 392 pupils, inspected October 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    23%

  6. 6

    Ingrave Johnstone Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 210 pupils, inspected June 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    13%

  7. 7

    St Thomas of Canterbury Church of England Aided Primary School, Brentwood

    Local authority maintained, 510 pupils, inspected October 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    18%

  8. 8

    Larchwood Primary School

    Academy, 420 pupils, inspected July 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    66%
    Higher standard
    15%

  9. 9

    Bentley St Paul's Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 202 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    10%

  10. 10

    Hutton All Saints' Church of England Primary School

    Academy, 200 pupils, inspected September 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    72%
    Higher standard
    9%

  11. 11

    Hogarth Primary School

    Academy, 211 pupils, inspected July 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    12%

  12. 12

    Holly Trees Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 417 pupils, inspected October 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    65%
    Higher standard
    5%

  13. 13

    Warley Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 426 pupils, inspected July 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    3%

  14. 14

    Willowbrook Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 208 pupils, inspected January 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    3%

  15. 15

    Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School

    Academy, 223 pupils, inspected October 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    3%

  16. 16

    Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School

    Academy, 147 pupils, inspected May 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    60%
    Higher standard
    0%

  17. 17

    West Horndon Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 180 pupils, inspected November 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    0%

Primary schools in Brentwood without a rank