Kings Road Primary School
Primary schoolKings Road Primary School is a primary school in Chelmsford, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 403 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, April 2025
Before that: Good (overall), January 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 16 January 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 2 April 2025
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, 58% of pupils at Kings Road Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
8% 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 | 58% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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- Maltese Road Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2024. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)410 m
- Chelmsford County High School for GirlsSecondary. Outstanding (overall), January 2024. Attainment 8 of 81.4 (2025/26, provisional)520 m
- St Pius X Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- King Edward VI Grammar School, ChelmsfordSecondary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 83.0 (2025/26, provisional)570 m
- The Hawthorns SchoolSpecial. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met590 m
- Parkwood AcademyPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2024. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
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).