Community school · Essex

Highwood Primary School

4–11Ages
66Pupils
PrimaryPhase
114869URN

Loves Green, Highwood, Chelmsford, CM1 3QH · School website

This school is due to be replaced by Highwood Primary School.

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.4per place

1.0 above Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

27 applications for 8 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

25%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 22 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

22 November 2022
Graded inspection: Good
10 June 2021
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

3.4applications per place, Reception

1.0 above Essex median (2.4) 1.2 above England median (2.2)

27 applications · 8 places offered · 3 named it first

2026 3.4; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
2024 3.6; Essex median median 2.4
2023 4.0; Essex median median 2.4
2022 4.1; Essex median median 2.4
2021 3.0; Essex median median 2.3
2020 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
2019 5.2; Essex median median 2.5
2018 2.5; Essex median median 2.5
2017 6.0; Essex median median 2.6
2016 2.6; Essex median median 2.8
2015 2.3; Essex median median 2.7
2014 2.4; Essex median median 2.8

This school
Essex median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	8	27	3.4	3	0.38
Sep 2025	7	17	2.4	7	1.00
Sep 2024	9	32	3.6	9	1.00
Sep 2023	5	20	4.0	5	1.00
Sep 2022	7	29	4.1	6	0.86
Sep 2021	8	24	3.0	8	1.00
Sep 2020	15	36	2.4	15	1.00
Sep 2019	6	31	5.2	5	0.83
Sep 2018	10	25	2.5	7	0.70
Sep 2017	3	18	6.0	3	1.00
Sep 2016	11	28	2.6	4	0.36
Sep 2015	8	18	2.3	5	0.63
Sep 2014	7	17	2.4	5	0.71

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 63% · Writing 38% · Maths 50% → all three 25% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard25%383rd of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard63%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard13%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard38%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth13%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard50%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard0%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 102 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Essex median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	25%	0%	107	102
2023/24
2022/23	75%	0%	103	103

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Highwood Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2022

3.4applications per place 25%met the SATs standard
Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
3.5 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.3applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Writtle Infant School
3.9 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.1applications per place
Writtle Junior School
3.9 km · Essex

Remains Good2023
Ingatestone Infant School
4.0 km · Essex

Good2023

2.0applications per place
Ingatestone and Fryerning Church of England Junior School
4.4 km · Essex

Not yet inspected

71%met the SATs standard
Blackmore Primary School
4.4 km · Essex

2026

3.0applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
Roxwell Church of England Primary School
4.6 km · Essex

Good2023

2.7applications per place 82%met the SATs standard
Westlands Community Primary School
5.9 km · Essex

Improved significantly2024

1.5applications per place 77%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 114869 · 881/2500
Capacity: 70 pupils · 66 on roll
Free school meals: 27.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Loves Green, Highwood, Chelmsford, CM1 3QH
Local authority: Essex · Chelmsford

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources