# Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery

Lawford 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.

Primary school. Code E144303. [Chelmsford](https://openindex.co.uk/chelmsford)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 413
- Council: Chelmsford
- URN: 144303

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Standards 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [The Sir Geoff Hurst Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-sir-geoff-hurst-academy-e150846): 720 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [The Hawthorns School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-hawthorns-school-e149335): 810 m. Special. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met
- [Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/newlands-spring-primary-and-nursery-school-e138533): 950 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Parkwood Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/parkwood-academy-e141355): 1 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2024. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Tanglewood Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/tanglewood-nursery-school-e114698): 1.1 km. Nursery. Standards maintained, January 2025
- [Writtle College Limited](https://openindex.co.uk/school/writtle-college-limited-e150975): 1.4 km. Sixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/144303)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144303)

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