Primary
Parkwood Academy
Melbourne Avenue, Chelmsford, CM1 2DX
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 196 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.3
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- SOUTH ESSEX ACADEMY TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 19.8
- Pupils per adult
- 11.3
- Pupils
- 224
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 2024
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
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 inspections2
December 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)September 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
66%
1 points above the Chelmsford average (65% across 45 schools)
104.0
2.7 below the Chelmsford average (106.7 across 45 schools)
42nd 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 | 105 |
| Average reading score | 104 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 66% |
| Working at a higher standard | 3% |
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 | 52% |
| 23/24 | 37% |
| 24/25 | 66% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
Melbourne Avenue, Chelmsford, CM1 2DX
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.
Contact
- Head of School
- Lisa Cracknell
- Address
- Melbourne Avenue, Chelmsford, CM1 2DX
- Telephone
- 01245354605