Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery
Primary schoolLawford Mead Primary & Nursery is a primary school in Chelmsford, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 413 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, March 2025
Before that: Good (overall), January 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 23 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, 26 March 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, 61% of pupils at Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
15% 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 | 61% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 15% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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- The Sir Geoff Hurst AcademySpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file720 m
- The Hawthorns SchoolSpecial. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met810 m
- Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
- Parkwood AcademyPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2024. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Tanglewood Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, January 20251.1 km
- Writtle College LimitedSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.4 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).