All-through
Thriftwood School
Slades Lane, Galleywood, Chelmsford, CM2 8RW
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 5 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 279 of 266 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 8.8
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Trust
- SEAX TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 68.5
- Pupils per adult
- 3.7
- Pupils
- 251
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 July 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
June 2023
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
Read the report (opens in a new tab)
GCSE results
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | 0% |
| Working at a higher standard | 0% |
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 | 0% |
| 23/24 | 0% |
| 24/25 | 0% |
Slades Lane, Galleywood, Chelmsford, CM2 8RW
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
- Headteacher
- Georgina Pryke
- Address
- Slades Lane, Galleywood, Chelmsford, CM2 8RW
- Telephone
- 01245266880