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Mildmay Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Robin Way, Chelmsford CM2 8AU · mildmayprimary.org · 01245 250021
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 57%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 611
- 97% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 12.7%
- First language not English
- 12.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Bridge Academy Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 62 families put the school first and 68 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 68 | 62 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 76 | 68 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 68 | 64 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 68 | 59 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 69 | 0.8 | 97% |
Results
In 2024/25, 57% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% 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 | |||
| ▼57% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●103 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Mildmay Primary School on 13 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 13 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 114895), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114895)
Oct 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114895)
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (238 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 238
- 38% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 78% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 64 parents (27%) with SEND