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Ford End Church of England Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Main Road, Ford End, Chelmsford CM3 1LQ · fordendschool.com · 01245 237209
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- 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
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 47
- 56% of 84 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 21.3%
- First language not English
- 6.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Life Education 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, 8 families put the school first and 8 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 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 5 | 4 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 7 | 6 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 10 | 11 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% 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 | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 115115)
Ofsted
Ford End Church of England Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 15 November 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 15 Nov 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 115115), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115115)
Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115115)
Jul 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 115115)
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 15
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 13% who had a child bullied