Kings Road Primary School
Kings Road, Chelmsford CM1 2BB
- Pupils
- 391
- Free school meals
- 40.2%
- SEN
- 25.1%
- EAL
- 26.3%
- Attendance
- 95.7%
- Persistent absence
- 10.3%
- Admissions
- About average
- Attainment
- 70% met expected standard (KS2)
Schools in CM1 postcode district
Schools in postcode district CM1. Add your full home postcode below for distance filtering and a your neighbourhood comparison with the wider CM1 area.
Covers: Broomfield, Chelmsford Garden, Highwood, Marconi, North Springfield, Parkwood, Patching Hall, Roxwell, Springfield, St Andrews, and 5 more areas
Add your home postcode in the green box below. Until then, distances use the centre of CM1. The list starts at 3 miles — you can change that. Not an official school catchment.
Neighbourhood & area context
Three levels help you compare places: your neighbourhood (your full postcode), postcode district CM1 (schools and local averages on this page), and Chelmsford (wider council census and crime — background only, not your street). We only show rows we actually hold.
Add your full home postcode in the green box above to see how your street compares with postcode district CM1 and Chelmsford.
Postcode district CM1
Schools and figures for this postcode district — the same CM1 bucket as the map and school list (before your distance filter).
- Schools in district
- 29 (18 primary, 6 secondary)
- Average attendance
- 95.4%
- Average free school meals
- 18.9%
- Average SEN
- 22%
- Average EAL
- 17.2%
- Deprivation around local schools
- Slightly less deprived than average for England
- Average house price
- £383,278 (+3.3% year on year)
- Flood risk
- Low
- Broadband
- Superfast available (97%+ premises, 30+ Mbps)
- Green space
- Moderate – local parks and playing fields nearby
- Council tax
- Typical band C–D
Wider area: Chelmsford
Census and crime for Chelmsford (local council within Essex). Useful context for the borough or council — not broken down to your village or street.
- Population
- 181,527
- Households
- 72,198
- Aged under 18
- 20.9%
- Aged 16–64 (approx.)
- 59.7%
- Aged 65+
- 19.4%
- Ethnicity
- White 89%, Asian 5%, Black 3%
- Crimes (estimated)
- 14,577
- Crimes per 1,000 (estimated)
- 80.3
About these figures: School data mostly from 2024–25. Wider-area lines use Census 2021 for Chelmsford. Crime figures are rough estimates, not police records for your postcode.
Map of schools in this area
The map shows 29 schools in postcode district CM1 (27 within your 3 mile list filter — others are faded). Numbered circles group nearby schools — click to zoom in. Use the list beside the map, a pin, or Show on map on a school card below.
How far from the CM1 centre?
Pick a radius to control which schools appear in the list below. Only schools whose postcode is in CM1 are included — we measure the straight-line distance from CM1 centre. Add your home postcode above to search by distance from your address across nearby districts.
Show schools within:
3 miles is selected by default. Add your home postcode at the top to measure from your address instead of the district centre. Try 1 mile or 1.5 miles for a shorter list, 3 miles for a wider search, or All in district for every CM1 school regardless of distance. Straight-line distance only — not walking, driving, or an official catchment area.
Schools (within 3 miles of CM1 centre)
Sorted by distance from CM1 centre, nearest first. Use the buttons above to change how far out we look, or show the whole of CM1. Each card shows straight-line miles, Ofsted rating and key statistics.
St Pius X Catholic Primary School
Tennyson Road, Chelmsford CM1 4HY
- Pupils
- 214
- Free school meals
- 22.4%
- SEN
- 17.3%
- EAL
- 41.6%
- Attendance
- 97.7%
- Persistent absence
- 5.4%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 79% met expected standard (KS2)
Parkwood Academy
Melbourne Avenue, Chelmsford CM1 2DX
- Pupils
- 210
- Free school meals
- 38.1%
- SEN
- 21.9%
- EAL
- 26.7%
- Attendance
- 92.1%
- Persistent absence
- 29.7%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 59% met expected standard (KS2)
Maltese Road Primary School
Maltese Road, Chelmsford CM1 2PA
- Pupils
- 211
- Free school meals
- 10%
- SEN
- 9.5%
- EAL
- 17.1%
- Attendance
- 96.2%
- Persistent absence
- 10.3%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 69% met expected standard (KS2)
Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery
Trent Road, Chelmsford CM1 2JH
- Pupils
- 409
- Free school meals
- 42.3%
- SEN
- 24.4%
- EAL
- 16.4%
- Attendance
- 95.7%
- Persistent absence
- 9%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 74% met expected standard (KS2)
Westlands Community Primary School
Beeches Close, Chelmsford CM1 2SB
- Pupils
- 580
- Free school meals
- 24.8%
- SEN
- 14.1%
- EAL
- 20.9%
- Attendance
- 95.6%
- Persistent absence
- 7.8%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 68% met expected standard (KS2)
Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School
Dickens Place, Copperfield Road, Chelmsford CM1 4UU
- Pupils
- 488
- Free school meals
- 12%
- SEN
- 9.8%
- EAL
- 13.5%
- Attendance
- 96.4%
- Persistent absence
- 6.4%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 69% met expected standard (KS2)
The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford
Victoria Road, The Cathedral C of E primary, Chelmsford CM1 1PA
- Pupils
- 313
- Free school meals
- 7.7%
- SEN
- 12.5%
- EAL
- 21.7%
- Attendance
- 97.1%
- Persistent absence
- 4.7%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 73% met expected standard (KS2)
Perryfields Junior School
Lawn Lane, Chelmsford CM1 7PP
- Pupils
- 301
- Free school meals
- 9.3%
- SEN
- 11.3%
- EAL
- 41.9%
- Attendance
- 96.4%
- Persistent absence
- 7.6%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 85% met expected standard (KS2)
Perryfields Infant School
Lawn Lane, Chelmsford CM1 7PP
- Pupils
- 180
- Free school meals
- 4.4%
- SEN
- 14.4%
- EAL
- 23.9%
- Attendance
- 96.6%
- Persistent absence
- 5%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- –
Broomfield Primary School
School Lane, Broomfield, Chelmsford CM1 7DN
- Pupils
- 419
- Free school meals
- 17.2%
- SEN
- 16.2%
- EAL
- 11.2%
- Attendance
- 96.8%
- Persistent absence
- 5.1%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 72% met expected standard (KS2)
The Tyrrells School
Tavistock Road, Springfield, Chelmsford CM1 6JN
- Pupils
- 421
- Free school meals
- 11.6%
- SEN
- 12.4%
- EAL
- 12.8%
- Attendance
- 97.7%
- Persistent absence
- 2.3%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 76% met expected standard (KS2)
Springfield Primary School
Forsythia Close, Springfield, Chelmsford CM1 6XW
- Pupils
- 406
- Free school meals
- 29.1%
- SEN
- 27.6%
- EAL
- 19.7%
- Attendance
- 95.4%
- Persistent absence
- 9.8%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 76% met expected standard (KS2)
The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School
Beardsley Drive, North Springfield, Chelmsford CM1 6ZQ
- Pupils
- 439
- Free school meals
- 10.3%
- SEN
- 16.9%
- EAL
- 12.5%
- Attendance
- 96%
- Persistent absence
- 7.9%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 80% met expected standard (KS2)
Writtle Infant School
Lodge Road, Writtle, Chelmsford CM1 3HZ
- Pupils
- –
- Free school meals
- –
- SEN
- –
- EAL
- –
- Attendance
- –
- Attainment
- –
Writtle Junior School
Margaretting Road, Writtle, Chelmsford CM1 3HG
- Pupils
- –
- Free school meals
- –
- SEN
- –
- EAL
- –
- Attendance
- –
- Attainment
- –
Chelmsford County High School for Girls
Broomfield Road, Chelmsford CM1 1RW
- Pupils
- 1236
- Free school meals
- 4.2%
- SEN
- 4.4%
- EAL
- 25.2%
- Attendance
- 97%
- Persistent absence
- 4.5%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 80.6
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
Broomfield Road, Chelmsford CM1 3SX
- Pupils
- 1138
- Free school meals
- 2%
- SEN
- 3.2%
- EAL
- 10.2%
- Attendance
- 97.1%
- Persistent absence
- 3.4%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 83.3
St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford
Patching Hall Lane, Chelmsford CM1 4BS
- Pupils
- 1210
- Free school meals
- 17.2%
- SEN
- 12.9%
- EAL
- 10.2%
- Attendance
- 95.1%
- Persistent absence
- 11.7%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 50.1
Hylands School
Chelmsford Road, Writtle, Chelmsford CM1 3ET
- Pupils
- 640
- Free school meals
- 43.9%
- SEN
- 21.9%
- EAL
- 20.2%
- Attendance
- 92.9%
- Persistent absence
- 20.5%
- Admissions
- Often has places
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 37.6
The Boswells School
Burnham Road, Chelmsford CM1 6LY
- Pupils
- 1409
- Free school meals
- 15.7%
- SEN
- 12.5%
- EAL
- 10.6%
- Attendance
- 95.3%
- Persistent absence
- 11.1%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 48.9
Chelmer Valley High School
Court Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford CM1 7ER
- Pupils
- 1155
- Free school meals
- 18.7%
- SEN
- 15.3%
- EAL
- 3.5%
- Attendance
- 95.1%
- Persistent absence
- 12.9%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 46.6
The Hawthorns School
Thornhurst Road, Chelmsford CM1 2XT
- Pupils
- 30
- Free school meals
- 20%
- SEN
- 100%
- EAL
- 13.3%
- Attendance
- 97.3%
- Persistent absence
- 7.1%
- Admissions
- Often has places
- Attainment
- 0% met expected standard (KS2)
Tanglewood Nursery School
Melbourne Avenue, Chelmsford CM1 2DX
- Pupils
- 153
- Free school meals
- 0%
- SEN
- 16.3%
- EAL
- 21.6%
- Attendance
- –
- Attainment
- –
The Sir Geoff Hurst Academy
Fox Crescent, Chelmsford CM1 2XT
- Pupils
- –
- Free school meals
- –
- SEN
- –
- EAL
- –
- Attendance
- 88.9%
- Persistent absence
- 41.2%
- Attainment
- –
Lift Columbus
Oliver Way, Chelmsford CM1 4ZB
- Pupils
- 286
- Free school meals
- 31.7%
- SEN
- 100%
- EAL
- 8.7%
- Attendance
- 89.2%
- Persistent absence
- 32.3%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 0% met expected standard (KS2)
The Beaulieu Park School
Armistice Avenue, Chelmsford CM1 6DT
- Pupils
- 1609
- Free school meals
- 10.9%
- SEN
- 12.7%
- EAL
- 12.7%
- Attendance
- 97.2%
- Persistent absence
- 5%
- Admissions
- About average
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 57.3
Guide to school and area statistics
A short key for the statistics shown on this page for CM1. We have not listed house prices, broadband, green space or similar extras here unless they appear in the neighbourhood and area context section.
School listings
What you see on each school card
Only fields that appear on at least one school on this page are listed. Hover a stat row when you see a question mark for a one-line reminder.
- School type
- How the school is run — for example academy, council-maintained, voluntary aided or free school.
- Trust
- The multi-academy trust or sponsor running the school, where it is an academy.
- Age range
- Year groups on roll — for example 4–11 for primary, or 11–18 with sixth form.
- Ofsted
- Latest published inspection grade, inspection date where we have it, and a link to the school’s page on the Ofsted reports site.
- Straight-line miles
- Distance as the crow flies from your home postcode when you have entered one, otherwise from the middle of this district. Not walking or driving time.
- Walking, cycling and park-and-stride hints
- Rough bands from straight-line miles: about 1 mile or less may suit walking; about 1–2.5 miles we show cycling and park-and-stride; over about 2.5 miles park-and-stride only. Not checked routes or journey times.
- Pupils
- Number of pupils on roll from published school census data.
- Free school meals
- Share of pupils eligible for free school meals.
- SEN
- Share of pupils with SEN support or an Education, Health and Care plan.
- English as an additional language (EAL)
- Share of pupils whose first language is not English, where recorded.
- Attendance
- Share of possible sessions attended. Higher is better.
- Persistent absence
- Share of pupils missing 10% or more of sessions. Lower is better.
- Admissions pressure
- Indicative label from recent applications versus places — oversubscribed, about average or often has spaces.
- Attainment
- Primary: share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (Key Stage 2). Secondary: Progress 8. A dash means nothing was published for that school.
- Attainment vs local
- Compares each school’s headline to others of the same phase on this page — above, below or about average for the district.
Area overview
What you see in the area overview
Matches the two blocks above — postcode district first, then the wider council area.
- Area rating (stars)
- A simple 1–5 guide from deprivation around schools here — not Ofsted grades. Recorded crime can nudge the score when we have it; estimates do not.
- Schools in district
- How many schools are in this postcode district, split by primary and secondary.
- Average attendance
- Mean attendance across schools here with published absence data.
- Average free school meals
- Mean free school meals eligibility across schools here with published data.
- Average SEN
- Mean SEN percentage across schools here with published data.
- Average EAL
- Mean English as an additional language percentage where published.
- Deprivation
- How deprived neighbourhoods around schools here are compared with England (official deprivation index, shown as bands 1–10 where 1 is most deprived and 10 is least deprived).
- Average house price
- Typical sold prices for this postcode district where we have them — street-by-street prices vary.
- Flood risk
- Indicative summary — check Environment Agency maps for a specific address.
- Broadband
- General picture of speeds and availability — check with providers at your address.
- Green space
- Brief summary of access to parks or countryside nearby.
- Council tax
- Typical band for the area — your exact band depends on the property.
- Your home neighbourhood
- When you enter your full home postcode, we compare deprivation for your small area with the typical area around schools in this district.
- Population, households, ethnicity and age
- Census figures for the local council area — not your street or this postcode district alone.
- Crime figures
- Often a rough council-wide estimate, not police records for your postcode. Badges compare to the national average when we have recorded data.
Using this page
Using this page
Tools on this page for narrowing schools and understanding distances.
- Distance filter
- Controls which schools appear in the list — 1, 1.5, 2 or 3 miles, or every school in this district. Not an admissions catchment.
- About these figures
- School and Ofsted data from official releases. The area overview splits postcode-district figures from wider council context, with dates at the bottom of that panel.