Meadgate Primary School
Primary schoolMeadgate Primary School is a primary school in Chelmsford, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 210 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 5 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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, 75% of pupils at Meadgate Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
19% 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 | 75% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 19% | 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- Octavia House Schools, EssexSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file930 m
- Woodcroft Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Good, May 20231 km
- Larkrise Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2024. 41% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Trinity Road Primary SchoolPrimary. Some aspects not as strong, January 2025. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Great Baddow High SchoolSecondary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 48.3 (2025/26, provisional)1.4 km
- Baddow Hall Infant SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade1.4 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).