Ramsden Hall Academy
Special schoolRamsden Hall Academy is a special school in Chelmsford, for pupils aged 10 to 16. It had 116 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), October 2022
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 October 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Ramsden Hall Academy was 8.4, against 52.3 in Chelmsford and 46.2 in England.
0% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Chelmsford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 8.4 | 52.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 54.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 5.6% | 71.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 18 | – | – |
- Ramsden Hall Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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- Sunnymede Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 69% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Mayflower High SchoolSecondary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 48.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.5 km
- Downham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 20211.8 km
- St John's SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.8 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).