Primary
Priory Primary School, Bicknacre
Bicknacre Road, Bicknacre, Chelmsford, CM3 4ES
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 153 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
- Local authority
- Essex
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 8.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 14.2
- Pupils per adult
- 10.8
- Pupils
- 154
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2026
- AchievementNeeds attention
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- Early yearsExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
June 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
SATs results
63%
2 points below the Chelmsford average (65% across 45 schools)
106.0
0.7 below the Chelmsford average (106.7 across 45 schools)
38th of 45 by our score, among the primary schools in Chelmsford we can score - 56 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 63% |
| Working at a higher standard | 13% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 50% |
| 23/24 | 46% |
| 24/25 | 63% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Bicknacre Road, Bicknacre, Chelmsford, CM3 4ES
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Essex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head teacher
- Claire Laver
- Address
- Bicknacre Road, Bicknacre, Chelmsford, CM3 4ES
- Telephone
- 01245225450
Other primary schools nearby
- East Hanningfield Church of England Primary AcademyNot enough data
- St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury6.8/10
- Danbury Park Community Primary School6.9/10
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School6.3/10
- Woodham Walter Church of England Primary AcademyNot enough data
- Purleigh Community Primary School6.7/10