St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Primary school in Braintree, Essex. No overall grade. Quality of education good (Apr 2025).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 29 April 2025, report published 22 June 2025, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

No overall grade. From September 2024 Ofsted stopped giving one, but still graded each area.

Grades for each area
Area	Grade
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Requires improvement
Early years	Good
Safeguarding effective	Yes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around April 2029

The last inspection was in April 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

0.5 milesSt Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree
Primary, Braintree, Essex
Good (Jun 2024)
0.6 milesJohn Bunyan Primary School and Nursery
Primary, Braintree, Essex
School remains Good (Feb 2024)
1.0 milesNotley Green Primary School
Primary, Braintree, Essex
Improved significantly (Nov 2024)
1.0 milesJohn Ray Junior School
Primary, Braintree, Essex
Standards maintained (Mar 2025)
1.0 milesJohn Ray Infant School
Primary, Braintree, Essex
School remains Good (Nov 2019)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.