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Parkwood Academy

Chelmsford, CM1 2DX · Essex · primary school

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Ofsted: Requires improvement · 2024 Inspected 1 year ago Mixed Primary
3.0/10 Below average

336th of 391 primary schools in Essex we can score, 444 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 5.4/10 against 1,879 of them, against 4.5/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Expected standard (RWM) 2024/25 66.0 · 54 40% 2.16
Ofsted 3 35% 0.11
Higher standard (RWM) 2024/25 3.0 · 29 25% 0.73

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 66.0% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared to the national median of 64%. Only 3.0% reached the higher standard. Ofsted rated the school "Requires improvement" in September 2024. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (5.4 out of 10 against similar schools, 4.5 out of 10 against all schools).

Getting in. The school has 210 pupils in a school with 210 places. This means the school is close to full, so places are likely to be competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who are not reaching the higher standard in core subjects? What specific actions are being taken to address the "Requires improvement" rating from the 2024 inspection? How does the school manage admissions when it is at full capacity?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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