This is a smaller than average-sized primary school. There are five classes in the school. In Key Stage 1 and 2 pupils are taught in four mixed age classes. In the early years, children are taught full time in a Reception class. The school has no Nursery class. The school serves a community where most pupils are of White British heritage. The proportion of disabled pupils and those who have special educational needs is above average. There were too few pupils in Year 6 in 2014 to make the usual judgement on whether the school meets the government’s current floor standards, which set the minimum expectations for pupils’ attainment and progress. The proportion of disadvantaged pupils for whom the school receives the pupil premium (additional funding for children in the care of the local authority or pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals) is average. Due to the size of the school, there are usually only two or three disadvantaged pupils in each year group. There have been significant changes in staff in the past two years and nearly all staff are new in post. The headteacher was appointed to the school in 2014, after the previous inspection. Two newly qualified teachers joined the staff in September 2014 and the deputy headteacher is currently on maternity leave. The acting deputy headteacher is on secondment from another local school. As a member of the Chelmsford Teaching School Alliance, the school is taking part in a pilot school improvement project with the National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) Aspire Partner School Programme.