St Margaret's Preparatory School
St Margaret's Preparatory School is an independent school in Halstead for boys and girls aged 2 to 11. It has 154 pupils and room for 282.
Gosfield Hall Park, Gosfield, Halstead, CO9 1SE01787 472134stmargaretsprep.comMrs Carolyn Moss headmasterAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Essex council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 154 | 156 | 187 | 202 | 215 | 187 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 11% | 21% | 7% | 3% | 8% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gosfield Community Primary School | Academy | 660 m | 134 | Good 2023 | 21 | Compare |
| Gosfield School | Independent | 1.0 miles | 369 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead | Church of England | 2.1 miles | 210 | Good 2023 | 45 | Compare |
| St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible Hedingham | Church of England | 2.5 miles | 213 | No overall grade 2024 | 32 | Compare |
| The Yellow House School | Independent | 2.5 miles | 14 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Richard de Clare Community Academy | Academy | 2.5 miles | 370 | Report card 2026 | 8 | Compare |
| Bocking Primary School | Academy | 2.7 miles | 203 | Good 2023 | 28 | Compare |
| The Ramsey Academy, Halstead | Academy | 2.8 miles | 702 | No overall grade 2024 | 31 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is St Margaret's Preparatory School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score St Margaret's Preparatory School yet.
How many pupils does St Margaret's Preparatory School have?
154 pupils aged 2 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 282 places, so it is 55% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Gosfield Hall Park, Gosfield, Halstead, CO9 1SE
- Telephone
- 01787 472134
- Website
- www.stmargaretsprep.com
- Headmaster
- Mrs Carolyn Moss
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 2-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward
- Gosfield & Greenstead Green
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Opened
- 8 November 1957
- URN
- 115416 · LAESTAB 8816022 · UKPRN 10071131
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.