Rated on Ofsted and the parent survey. Infant schools sit no SATs.
Infant schools stop at Year 2, so children here move to a junior school for Year 3.
This school
Doddinghurst Infant School
Junior school
Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School
Partner junior school
Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School
Year 3 to Year 6 · 80 m away from Doddinghurst Infant School
You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 29 November 2022
Infant schools do not sit SATs, and no Year 2 results are published for schools, so there are no exam results for Doddinghurst Infant School.
Children from here take SATs in Year 6 at Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School
53%
met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25, against 63% across England.
See Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School's resultsDoddinghurst Infant School's catchment area comes from its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Essex, which decide who is offered a place when more children apply than there are places. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance from home or a catchment boundary, and the school's admissions policy says which it uses. Living nearby does not guarantee a place, and how far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Doddinghurst Infant School is in Essex council's area. Check its admissions booklet for how far away places went in recent years. For a Reception place, apply through the council where you live by 15 January in the year your child starts school. Children leave after Year 2 for a junior school, and its partner is Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Doddinghurst Infant School was graded Good at its last Ofsted inspection, on 29 November 2022.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Reception place starting that September. Children start Reception in the September after their fourth birthday. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
Doddinghurst Infant School is an infant school, so children move to a junior school for Year 3. Its partner junior school is Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School, 80 m away. You apply for a Year 3 place through the council where you live by 15 January in Year 2, even for Doddinghurst Church of England Junior School. Check its admission arrangements for any priority it gives children from its partner infant school.
Doddinghurst Infant School's catchment area comes from its admission criteria, set by the local authority, Essex, which decide who is offered a place when more children apply than there are places. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance from home or a catchment boundary, and the school's admissions policy says which it uses. Living nearby does not guarantee a place, and how far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
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