Academy sponsor led · Essex

Meadgate Primary School

4–11Ages
210Pupils
PrimaryPhase
140375URN

Mascalls Way, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, CM2 7NS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.6per place

close to Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

74 applications for 29 places · 136th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

75%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 5 November 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management	Outstanding
Early years provision	Outstanding

Inspection history

5 November 2024
Graded inspection, no overall grade
15 December 2022
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

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

2.6applications per place, Reception

close to Essex median (2.4) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

74 applications · 29 places offered · 26 named it first

2026 2.6; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.8; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
2023 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
2021 2.6; Essex median median 2.3
2020 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
2019 2.4; Essex median median 2.5
2018 2.2; Essex median median 2.5
2017 3.1; Essex median median 2.6
2016 2.6; Essex median median 2.8
2015 2.2; Essex median median 2.7
2014 1.5; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Meadgate Primary School (URN 115032), the previous school.

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	29	74	2.6	26	0.90
Sep 2025	30	83	2.8	25	0.83
Sep 2024	30	69	2.3	29	0.97
Sep 2023	30	76	2.5	30	1.00
Sep 2022	30	76	2.5	33	1.10
Sep 2021	25	65	2.6	22	0.88
Sep 2020	30	73	2.4	27	0.90
Sep 2019	28	67	2.4	16	0.57
Sep 2018	30	67	2.2	25	0.83
Sep 2017	13	40	3.1	10	0.77
Sep 2016	21	54	2.6	19	0.90
Sep 2015	21	46	2.2	19	0.90
Sep 2014 *	22	32	1.5	11	0.50

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 81% · Writing 81% · Maths 81% → all three 75% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard75%89th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard81%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard34%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard81%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth19%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard81%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard34%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (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	75%	19%	108	106
2023/24	69%	10%	105	105
2022/23	71%	23%	107	107

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

Meadgate Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.6applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Larkrise Primary School
1.1 km · Essex

Good2024

2.8applications per place 41%met the SATs standard
Trinity Road Primary School
1.3 km · Essex

Some aspects not as strong2025

2.1applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
Baddow Hall Infant School
1.4 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.6applications per place
Baddow Hall Junior School
1.4 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

73%met the SATs standard
Beehive Lane Community Primary School
1.7 km · Essex

2026

7.3applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Moulsham Infant School
1.7 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.5applications per place
Moulsham Junior School
1.7 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

67%met the SATs standard
Oaklands Infant School
1.7 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.9applications per place

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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140375 · 881/2098
Trust: Quantum Multi-Academy Trust
Capacity: 216 pupils · 210 on roll
Free school meals: 18.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 April 2014
Replaced: Meadgate Primary School (URN 115032)
Address: Mascalls Way, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, CM2 7NS
Local authority: Essex · Chelmsford

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