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Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Trent Road, Chelmsford CM1 2JH · lawfordmead.essex.sch.uk · 01245 354134
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2020
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 2.42 mi
- 3.90 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 413
- 98% of 420 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 37.5%
- First language not English
- 18.2%
- 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 2.42 mi (3.90 km) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 42 families put the school first and 44 places were offered; 100% 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 | 44 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 44 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 33 | 29 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 2.42 mi3.90 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% 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 | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 141885)
Ofsted
Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 23 January 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Mar 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
Jan 2020Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 43
- 11% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (28%) with SEND