Key Information About Our School
Great Leighs Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We have a number of policies and procedures in place that contribute to our safeguarding commitment, including our Child Protection Policy which can be viewed in the Policies section of our website.
Sometimes we may need to share information and work in partnership with other agencies when there are concerns about a child’s welfare. We will ensure that our concerns about our pupils are discussed with his/her parents/carers first unless we have reason to believe that such a move would be contrary to the child’s welfare.
We refer to Southend Essex and Thurrock (SET).
We actively support the Government’s Prevent Agenda to counter radicalism and extremism.
Our Designated Safeguarding Lead is Mr James Garlick (Headteacher). Our Deputy Safeguarding Leads are Mrs Heather Clark (Deputy Headteacher) Mrs Emily LeMasurier (Member of SLT), Mrs Suzanne Chamberlain (SENDCO) and Mrs Suzanne Waller (Breakfast Club and Stay ‘n’ Play).
Operation Encompass
As part of our safeguarding arrangements and our work with safeguarding partners, our school has signed up to Operation Encompass . Operation Encompass is a national initiative which aims to provide support to children who have experienced domestic abuse. It means the Police inform us if they have attended an incident of domestic abuse which involves a child on our roll, so that appropriate support can be put in place.
Each year we look at how we can further and develop our school. We identify key areas for school improvement which are put on the School Development Plan shared termly with Governors. This year’s identified targets are set out on the left hand side, and on the right hand side we have outlined how parents and carers can support us in these aims.
Some children who experience difficulties with learning from time to time and need help either to catch up or to go further with their work. We make arrangements for each individual child and carefully assess them to see what stage of special educational need or disability they have.
The child’s class teacher sets appropriate learning objectives and outcomes and support is provided usually in class, or sometimes in small groups working outside the classroom. In some sessions the child may work with a Learning Support Assistant, under the guidance of the teacher.
Our SEN Info report 2025-26 and SEN Policy provide more detail.
Information on provision made by Essex County Council for children with SEN can be found here.
The Pupil Premium was introduced in April 2011, and is paid to the school by means of a specific grant based on the school census figures for pupils registered as eligible for free school meals (FSM), and for pupils who have been registered for free school meals at any point in the last 6 years (known as Ever 6 FSM).
We aim to enable our pupils to become more rounded, confident children, which ultimately improves their ability to learn and make progress in all areas of the curriculum. Pupils in receipt of Pupil Premium are given additional focused time, where appropriate, from teachers and support staff during class time and small group interventions to ensure that they progress to the best of their ability.
In addition, if you think your child (in any school year) would be entitled to Pupil Premium Funding, which covers the cost of up to two in-school clubs each term and up to ten pounds towards any class trip, also follow the link below and complete the Essex CC Free School Meals Questionnaire/application.
Please click here to open our full DfE PP strategy statement 25-26 and review for 24-25.
Children in EYFS, Yr 1 and Yr 2 automatically qualify for Universal Free School Meals. However, to continue receiving/qualify for FSM Yr 3 onwards, please complete the Essex CC Free School Meals Questionnaire/application.
Great Leighs school is very keen to offer a wide range of sporting opportunities to its pupils, and all pupils are given at least two hours of sport each week. A variety of after-school sporting clubs are offered which are run by teachers, sports coaches and parents – please see our school clubs list for more information. Great Leighs has a fully qualified Forest School’s Coordinator who leads weekly sessions for our KS1 pupils in the local woods and, following the request of the School Council, now offers a morning session plus lunch to KS2 pupils in the summer term. A block of 12 swimming lessons are part of the Year 3 curriculum, which is partly funded by FOGLS. The Sports Premium funding has enabled the school to raise the profile of PE in the school to extend children’s skills in a variety of different sports.
Sports Premium 2024-2025 planned expenditure will be available once the new planning tool has been released by DfE.
- Reporting PE and sport premium grant expenditure – your school’s specifics
- Reporting PE and sport premium grant expenditure – your school’s declarations
- Reporting PE and sport premium grant expenditure – your funding allocation
- Reporting PE and sport premium grant expenditure – opportunities, impacts and sustainability details
- Reporting PE and sport premium grant expenditure – categories of grant spending
Great Leighs Primary School was last inspected by Ofsted in July 2023 and continues to be a good school.
- Ofsted Report July 2023
- Ofsted short inspection report March 2018
- Ofsted Report 2014
- Ofsted website
- Schools Financial Benchmarking
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These performance measures may not be current. Please see below for most recent performance data.
School Data Summer 2025
Summary of key school data this year. National Data is given in brackets next to our data this year. Each cohort of children is different and there are different needs and abilities of children which affect statistical information, as does the size of the cohort. We are proud of all the children and their achievements. Half termly we look at the progress of each child in reading, writing and maths and set goals for the children to help them progress.
School Benchmarking Data
The River Chelmer Partnership
Great Leighs Primary School is a member of ‘The River Chelmer Primary Partnership’ (RCPP) consortium which forges strong links between 8 local primary schools and our main feeder secondary school.
The Partnership members are:
Boreham Primary School, Broomfield Primary School, Great Leighs Primary School, Great Waltham C of E (VC) Primary School, Little Waltham C.E.V.A Primary School, Newlands Spring Primary School Academy Trust, St Pius X Catholic Primary School, Chelmer Valley High School.
The Partnership Schools have a long-standing tradition of working together in a climate of mutual support and collaboration, sharing best practice, insight and expertise in order to collectively drive school-led improvement, across many aspects of the curriculum and school management.
The RCPP provides a forum for collaboration which identifies areas for school improvement through peer review and uses its combined strengths to sustain and develop this improvement. Each individual school agrees to be responsible for the mutual commitments they have made and will share expertise, knowledge, skills, energy and enthusiasm.
The longevity of our partnership is underpinned by a high level of trust and transparency, adopting an approach which recognises and celebrates the strength of individual schools who aspire to achieve excellence across the partnership. The partnership has a common moral purpose that respects the individual ethos, culture, values and identity of each member.
The partnership of schools also organises regular enrichment days which enable a number of pupils from each school to work together each academic year.
Adult Volunteers
We are always keen to welcome adult volunteers into the school to help us in a variety of ways. This invaluable support enables us to extend the variety of experiences we can offer groups of children. An induction process is undertaken by regular school volunteers along with DBS/ID checks.
Great Leighs Nursery Group
We have established a close relationship with the staff at Great Leighs Nursery Group. The Foundation Stage teacher and SENCo visit the nursery as part of our induction process and liaise with other nurseries should children be starting with us.
Village Links
Whenever possible, we promote links in the immediate community such as carol singing or helping with the village clean up.
Great & Little Leighs Educational Charity
The school benefits from grants awarded twice a year to help us buy resources.
