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Primary · CM1 · Chelmsford

The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford

Victoria Road, The Cathedral C of E primary, Chelmsford, CM1 1PA

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OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
Attendance (2024/25)96%
Attainment (2024/25)74% met expected standard (KS2)
Roll vs capacityClose to published capacity
Pupils314

Ofsted inspection

Latest Ofsted report card

Report card grades

Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Ofsted grades each area on its own, from urgent improvement up to exceptional. Expected standard means the school is doing everything it should. These grades cannot be compared with the old overall grades.

Report published 11 May 2026.

Inspection history

  • Last overall gradeGood
  • Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in CM1. Where we have them, council (Chelmsford) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
314
Free school meals
7.3%
12.9% below district average (20.2%)

Also: England 24.7%

SEN
12.5%
6.6% below district average (19.1%)

Also: England 18.2%

EAL
21.7%
5% above district average (16.7%)
Attendance
96% Autumn and spring 2024/25
1.9% above district average (94.1%)

Also: England 94.8%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the CM1 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.

Persistent absence2024/25

7.9%

5.4% below England (13.3%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

74%

12% above England (62%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

4%

4% below England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

94%

19% above England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

74%

2% above England (72%)

KS2 maths2024/25

94%

20% above England (74%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 98%
    2020/21
  • 95.1%
    2021/22
  • 95.7%
    2022/23
  • 96%
    2023/24
  • 96%
    2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

  • 68%
    2022/23
  • 71%
    2023/24
  • 74%
    2024/25

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 59 families put this school first. 39 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
59
First-preference offers
39
First preferences offered a place
66.1%
Total offers
45
Named on any preference
114

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Close to published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
315
Pupils on roll
314

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Essex page.

SEN support

SEN %
12.5%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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