The Bridge Columbus
Special schoolThe Bridge Columbus is a special school in Chelmsford, for pupils aged 3 to 19.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade, before the school changed, serious weaknesses
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 20 May 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
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 EducationEnd of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Chelmsford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 52.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 54.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 71.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | Does not apply to this school | – | – |
- The Bridge Columbus 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.
- 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- St John Payne Catholic School, ChelmsfordSecondary. School remains Good, June 2024. Attainment 8 of 48.7 (2025/26, provisional)280 m
- St Pius X Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)450 m
- Tanglewood Nursery SchoolNursery. Standards maintained, January 2025460 m
- Parkwood AcademyPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), July 2024. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
- Kings Road Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 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).