Academy converter · Essex

Kings Road Primary School

4–11Ages
403Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144304URN

Kings Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2BB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJan 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Apr 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.5per place

close to Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

99 applications for 39 places · 137th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

58%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 · Apr 2025

The graded inspection, 16 January 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Good	Requires improvement
Quality of education	Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Good
Personal development	Good
Leadership and management	Good
Early years provision		Requires improvement

Inspection history

2 April 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
16 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

2.5applications per place, Reception

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

99 applications · 39 places offered · 27 named it first

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

2026 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
2025 2.8; Essex median median 2.4
2024 2.6; Essex median median 2.4
2023 2.7; Essex median median 2.4
2022 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
2021 1.7; Essex median median 2.3
2020 2.2; Essex median median 2.4
2019 1.9; Essex median median 2.5
2018 2.5; Essex median median 2.5
2017 2.8; Essex median median 2.6
2016 2.7; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
2015 2.8; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
2014 2.3; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school

This school
Essex median

Dashed bars: as Kings Road Primary School (URN 132165), 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	39	99	2.5	27	0.69
Sep 2025	44	123	2.8	38	0.86
Sep 2024	41	106	2.6	31	0.76
Sep 2023	43	115	2.7	40	0.93
Sep 2022	60	135	2.3	38	0.63
Sep 2021	60	102	1.7	30	0.50
Sep 2020	52	114	2.2	35	0.67
Sep 2019	57	107	1.9	23	0.40
Sep 2018	60	147	2.5	50	0.83
Sep 2017	60	166	2.8	52	0.87
Sep 2016 *	60	163	2.7	55	0.92
Sep 2015 *	59	165	2.8	56	0.95
Sep 2014 *	59	138	2.3	48	0.81

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 76% · Writing 73% · Maths 66% → all three 58% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard58%255th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard76%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard26%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard73%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth11%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard66%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard21%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 103 (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	58%	8%	104	103
2023/24	63%	5%	106	104
2022/23	62%	13%	107	106

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

Kings Road Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

2.5applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Maltese Road Primary School
0.4 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

4.6applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
St Pius X Catholic Primary School
0.6 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

2.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
Parkwood Academy
0.7 km · Essex

Requires improvement2024

2.1applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
Westlands Community Primary School
1.3 km · Essex

Improved significantly2024

1.5applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery
1.4 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

2.0applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford
1.4 km · Essex

2026

2.5applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School
1.5 km · Essex

Good2023

2.2applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School
1.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard

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

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School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144304 · 881/2018
Trust: The Brickfields Trust
Capacity: 445 pupils · 403 on roll
Free school meals: 34.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 March 2017
Replaced: Kings Road Primary School (URN 132165)
Address: Kings Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2BB
Local authority: Essex · Chelmsford

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