Great Berry Primary School
Great Berry Primary School, Forest Glade, Langdon Hills, Basildon, SS16 6SGOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Great Berry Primary School is a primary school in Basildon for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 604 schools in Essex. It ranks 11th of 27 primary schools in Basildon. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 18 October 2023, report published 10 December 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 18 October 2023
Great Berry is a happy, calm and welcoming school. Pupils have positive relationships with staff. They feel safe in school. Pupils enjoy coming to school. They work hard and behave well. Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) have their needs met well. Pupils learn a curriculum that helps them build their knowledge in a range of subjects. They are keen to learn new things and recall what they have learned well. Staff help pupils to understand content that is tricky so that pupils succeed in their learning. Pupils learn what it means to be kind, caring, resilient and curious. They use these values in all they do. Pupils are proud to have leadership roles such as sports captains, pupil councillors and Year 6 head and deputy head pupils. These roles help pupils to develop responsibility and play a wider role in the school community. Pupils make a difference in their local community through fundraising and food collections. Pupils enjoy a range of extra-curricular activities and trips that help them to take risks and try new things. These include 'kurling', animal handling and performing at music concerts.
What the school should improve
- In some subjects, including phonics, the knowledge that pupils should learn is not identified precisely. Teachers do not always check pupils' understanding systematically. As a result, gaps in some pupils' knowledge are growing. The school needs to ensure that the knowledge they want pupils to learn is clearly set out and that this is checked consistently in all subjects.
- In the early years, children do not get all the opportunities to explore and take risks across the different areas of learning that they could. This means that some children develop gaps in their learning. The school needs to ensure that children have the opportunity to express their creativity and develop their knowledge and understanding further across the seven areas of learning.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
61 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
426 pupils on roll, with places for 420
Schools near Great Berry Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincewood Primary Academy | 0.5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 49% met the expected standard |
| Merrylands Primary School | 0.6 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | 53% met the expected standard |
| The Phoenix Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding | 54% met the expected standard |
| Millhouse Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted judgements: Good | 57% met the expected standard |
| Janet Duke Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 38% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- CRESCO MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Damian Pye
- Phone
- 01268544709
- Address
- Great Berry Primary School, Forest Glade, Langdon Hills, Basildon, SS16 6SG
- Local authority
- Essex
- URN
- 137226
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.