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Writtle Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Lodge Road, Writtle, Chelmsford CM1 3HZ · writtleinfantschool.com · 01245 420963
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · May 2023
- Last distance offered
- 1.16 mi
- 1.87 km · Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 178
- 99% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 10.7%
- First language not English
- 3.4%
- 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 1.16 mi (1.87 km) from the school. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 71 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 85% 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 | 71 | 1.2▲ | 85% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 81 | 1.4▲ | 74% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 60 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 50 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 1.16 mi1.87 km | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 May 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Writtle Infant School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 24 May 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114917)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2017
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 114917), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114917)
Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 114917)