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Rettendon Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 98Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 151675URN

Main Road, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, CM3 8DW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.4 above Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

31 applications for 11 places
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 25 April 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
2.8applications per place, Reception
0.4 above Essex median (2.4) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

31 applications · 11 places offered · 11 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 3.6; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
  3. 2024 3.2; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
  4. 2023 2.8; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
  5. 2022 2.9; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
  6. 2021 3.6; Essex median median 2.3; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.9; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.9; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.1; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.5; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.7; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.0; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.9; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Essex median

Dashed bars: as Rettendon Primary School (URN 114856), 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 202611312.8111.00
Sep 2025 *11403.690.82
Sep 2024 *12383.2121.00
Sep 2023 *20552.8231.15
Sep 2022 *20582.9281.40
Sep 2021 *20723.6381.90
Sep 2020 *20572.9251.25
Sep 2019 *20582.9291.45
Sep 2018 *20422.1150.75
Sep 2017 *20492.5211.05
Sep 2016 *20532.7221.10
Sep 2015 *21412.0200.95
Sep 2014 *20572.9281.40

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
151675 · 881/2460
Trust
The Chelmsford Learning Partnership
Capacity
140 pupils · 98 on roll
Free school meals
15.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 June 2025
Replaced
Rettendon Primary School (URN 114856)
Address
Main Road, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, CM3 8DW
Local authority
Essex · Chelmsford

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