Baddow Hall Junior School
Primary schoolBaddow Hall Junior School is a primary school in Chelmsford, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 234 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, October 2024
Before that: Good (overall), October 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 1 October 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 23 October 2024
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 73% of pupils at Baddow Hall Junior School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
29% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 29% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Baddow Hall Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade10 m
- Octavia House Schools, EssexSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file580 m
- The Sandon SchoolSecondary. Requires improvement (overall), March 2024. Attainment 8 of 45.5 (2025/26, provisional)610 m
- Larkrise Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Woodcroft Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Good, May 20231.2 km
- Meadgate Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Chelmsford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).