OFSTED
Latest ungraded inspection
15 January 2025
Latest published outcome
Some aspects not as strong
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
Local authority
Essex
Trust
Not applicable
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
387
387 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
179
46.3% of pupils
Male pupils
208
53.7% of pupils
2.1 pts
above England
School
26.9%
Chelmsford
14.4%
East of England
19.7%
England
24.8%
10.7 pts
above England
School
31.0%
Chelmsford
11.6%
East of England
16.4%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Chelmsford
1.3%
East of England
1.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
11.9%
46
Any other ethnic group
3.4%
13
Any other Asian background
2.1%
8
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
23.0%
89 of
387 pupils
2.2 pts
above England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
18.9%
73 pupils
England
14.8%
4.1 pts
above
EHC plans
4.1%
16 pupils
England
6.0%
1.9 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Speech, language & communication
37
Social, emotional & mental health
21
Autistic spectrum disorder
15
Moderate learning difficulty
8
No specialist assessment yet
7
Specific learning difficulty
1
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
5.74%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.48 pts
lower than
England
School
5.74%
Chelmsford
6.61%
East of England
6.17%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
17.66%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
1.85 pts
higher than
England
School
17.66%
Chelmsford
15.59%
East of England
15.39%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
1.00%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.81 pts
lower than
England
School
1.00%
Chelmsford
2.32%
East of England
1.83%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
92.1%
4.0 pts
above England
Trinity Road Primary School
92.1%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.