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Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery

3–11Ages
413Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144303URN

Trent Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2JH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJan 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.0per place

0.4 below Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

89 applications for 44 places · 241st of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2016

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

61%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJan 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Mar 2025

The graded inspection, 23 January 2020Ofsted'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

26 March 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
23 January 2020
Graded inspection: Good

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

2.0applications per place, Reception

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

89 applications · 44 places offered · 42 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
2025 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.7; Essex median median 2.4
2023 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
2021 2.0; Essex median median 2.3
2020 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
2019 2.0; Essex median median 2.5
2018 2.1; Essex median median 2.5
2017 2.2; Essex median median 2.6
2016 2.2; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Essex median in 1 of 10 years.

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery (URN 141885), 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	44	89	2.0	42	0.95
Sep 2025	60	99	1.7	44	0.73
Sep 2024	29	77	2.7	28	0.97
Sep 2023	41	79	1.9	39	0.95
Sep 2022	33	75	2.3	29	0.88
Sep 2021	45	92	2.0	37	0.82
Sep 2020	38	71	1.9	33	0.87
Sep 2019	43	84	2.0	32	0.74
Sep 2018	48	101	2.1	37	0.77
Sep 2017	53	114	2.2	41	0.77
Sep 2016 *	54	118	2.2	46	0.85

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 76% · Writing 66% · Maths 71% → all three 61% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard61%234th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard76%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard42%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard66%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth15%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard71%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard40%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (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	61%	15%	106	105
2023/24	57%	10%	103	103
2022/23	56%	6%	104	104

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

Lawford Mead Primary & NurseryThis school
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Standards maintained2025

2.0applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School
1.0 km · Essex

Good2023

2.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Parkwood Academy
1.0 km · Essex

Requires improvement2024

2.1applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Kings Road Primary School
1.4 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

2.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
St Pius X Catholic Primary School
1.4 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

2.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Westlands Community Primary School
1.5 km · Essex

Improved significantly2024

1.5applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Maltese Road Primary School
1.6 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

4.6applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Writtle Infant School
2.6 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.1applications per place
Writtle Junior School
2.6 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144303 · 881/2127
Trust: The Brickfields Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 420 pupils · 413 on roll
Free school meals: 37.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 March 2017
Replaced: Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery (URN 141885)
Address: Trent Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2JH
Local authority: Essex · Chelmsford

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