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Chancellor Park Primary School, Chelmsford
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Brook End Road South, Chelmsford CM2 6PT · chancellorpark.essex.sch.uk · 01245 465250
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 87%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.34 mi
- 0.54 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 209
- 100% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 9.6%
- First language not English
- 14.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.34 mi (541 m) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 76% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 37 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 29 | 44 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 42 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 56 | 1.9▲ | 52% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 52 | 1.8▲ | 56% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.34 mi0.54 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 87% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% the higher standard. Across Essex it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲87% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Chancellor Park Primary School, Chelmsford was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 20 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 20 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Nov 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Nov 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (66 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 66
- 31% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied