Parkwood Academy
Primary schoolParkwood Academy is a primary school in Chelmsford, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 196 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Requires improvement (overall), July 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 9 July 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
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, 66% of pupils at Parkwood Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
3% 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 | 66% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104 | 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- Tanglewood Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, January 2025100 m
- St Pius X Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)400 m
- The Bridge ColumbusSpecial. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed, serious weaknesses550 m
- St John Payne Catholic School, ChelmsfordSecondary. School remains Good, June 2024. Attainment 8 of 48.7 (2025/26, provisional)610 m
- Kings Road Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)670 m
- The Hawthorns SchoolSpecial. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met670 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).