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Perryfields Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–7 · Academy
Lawn Lane, Chelmsford CM1 7PP · perryfieldsinfantschool.org.uk · 01245 268714
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2022
- Last distance offered
- 0.45 mi
- 0.73 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 180
- At capacity · 180 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 3.3%
- First language not English
- 20%
- 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 0.45 mi (731 m) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 89 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 66% 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 | 60 | 89 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 83 | 1.4▲ | 69% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 55 | 0.9 | 95% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 57 | 1 | 91% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.45 mi0.73 km | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 5 October 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Perryfields Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 4 Oct 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2012
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 114924), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114924)
Jun 2007Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114924)
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (29 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 29
- 16% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 38% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied