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Oaklands Infant School

  • 5–7Ages
  • 168Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 146210URN

Vicarage Road, Chelmsford, CM2 9PH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2025 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
2.9per place
0.5 above Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

155 applications for 54 places · 95th of 363 in Essex
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 14 January 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

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
2.9applications per place, Reception
0.5 above Essex median (2.4) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

155 applications · 54 places offered · 40 named it first

  1. 2026 2.9; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.9; Essex median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.8; Essex median median 2.4
  4. 2023 3.0; Essex median median 2.4
  5. 2022 3.4; Essex median median 2.4
  6. 2021 2.8; Essex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 3.4; Essex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 3.5; Essex median median 2.5
  9. 2018 4.0; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
  10. 2017 3.9; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 4.0; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 4.4; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 4.7; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Essex median in 8 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Essex median

Dashed bars: as Oaklands Infant School (URN 114882), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026541552.9400.74
Sep 2025601712.9611.02
Sep 2024551522.8530.96
Sep 2023601773.0651.08
Sep 2022602033.4721.20
Sep 2021601692.8751.25
Sep 2020602023.4661.10
Sep 2019592083.5791.34
Sep 2018 *592364.0881.49
Sep 2017 *592273.9751.27
Sep 2016 *602384.0891.48
Sep 2015 *602624.4821.37
Sep 2014 *502344.7771.54

Schools nearby

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  • 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 converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
146210 · 881/2529
Trust
Bridge Academy Trust
Capacity
180 pupils · 168 on roll
Free school meals
7.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2018
Replaced
Oaklands Infant School (URN 114882)
Address
Vicarage Road, Chelmsford, CM2 9PH
Local authority
Essex · Chelmsford

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