Welcome to Cressing Primary School
I am so proud to be the Headteacher of this fantastic school and warmly welcome you to our website.
We work in partnership with parents/carers and the wider community to ensure the success of our children. We believe that children deserve the best possible chances in life and that they learn best when there are strong links between home and school.
We are a friendly, caring school with high expectations for all our pupils. Our children are encouraged to explore, discover and question through a range of exciting learning opportunities both within and outside the classroom. The staff endeavour to provide a calm and stimulating environment where good behaviour and mutual respect are modelled by everyone and where everyone is valued.
We are a one form entry school organised into 7 class groups. As a one form entry school, we are in the fortunate position of being able to get to know all of our children well as they journey through the school and we strive to ensure that their individual needs are well catered for.
I hope that this website will give you as much information as possible about our school, the staff and the many activities that our children enjoy through our curriculum and our extra-curricular activities that you need. It will grow over time as we add more information, but can never replace the first-hand experience of coming to visit us.
Stewart Caplen
Headteacher
Cressing Primary School Expansion
Our exciting school expansion is currently taking place. Please click here for further information on the plans.
September 2027 Intake
Applications for Reception class places for the next acaemic year, 2027-28 will be able to be submittted to Essex County Council between 9 November 2026 and 15 January 2027. For this academic year onwards, we will be expanding the number of places available to 45.
For those parents who are interested in joining our Reception classes in September, please see the document below prepared for the 2026 intake that provides useful information.
We have arranged tours of the school for prospective parents for the following dates:
Tuesday 13 October 9.30 a.m., Thursday 5 November 9.30 a.m., Tuesday 24 November 1.30 p.m.
These will be opportunities to not only to see for yourself what our school offers but also to ask any questions you may have.
If you would like to book a place on one of these tours, please contact the school office on 01376 58 33 97.
Term Dates
2026 - 2027
Autumn Term: 1/9/2026 to 18/12/2026 (Half Term 26/10/26 to 30/10/26)
Spring Term: 4/1/2027 to 25/3/2027 (Half Term 15/2/27 to 19/2/27)
Summer Term: 12/4/2027 to 21/7/2027 (Half Term 31/5/27 to 4/6/27)
Non-pupil days 1st September 2026; 23rd October; 4th January 2027; 22nd February 2027; 14th June 2027; 5th July 2027.
Admissions
Please click here for information on our school admissions.Contact Us
Cressing Primary School
Tye Green, Cressing,
Braintree,
Essex,
CM77 8JE
Tel: 01376 58 33 97
Email:
Headteacher and Designated Safeguarding Lead: Mr S Caplen
Deputy Headteacher and Deputy Safeguarding Lead: Mr B Chambers
Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator and Deputy Safeguarding Lead: Mrs S Uden
Administration Assistant: Mrs C Cook
Finance Officer: Mrs H Swift
We hope you will find this website informative. We do not have a FAQs section, so please, if you have any questions about our school that we have not answered, do not hesitate to telephone, or email us at the above address, and we will do our best to assist and reply.