Cherry Tree Primary School
Church Road, Basildon, SS16 4AG
384 pupils · 91% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- BERLESDUNA ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 44.5%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 1 July 2025, published 7 September 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 38% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 2% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 42 | 41 | 82 | 41 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 34 | 29 | 74 | 32 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 50 | 39 | 103 | 46 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 59 | 52 | 100 | 59 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 51 | 42 | 104 | 45 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 43 | 41 | 99 | 43 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 61 | 127 | 60 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Fairhouse Community Primary School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Bardfield Academy 0.8 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Kingswood Primary School and Nursery 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Greensted Primary School & Nursery 1.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Ryedene Primary and Nursery School 1.3 km · Improved significantly (2025)
- Vange Primary School and Nursery 1.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.