The Tyrrells School
Primary schoolThe Tyrrells School is a primary school in Chelmsford, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 420 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, January 2025
Before that: Good (overall), October 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 October 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 8 January 2025
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, 80% of pupils at The Tyrrells School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
13% 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 | 80% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 13% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 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- The Boswells SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, February 2023. Attainment 8 of 49.1 (2025/26, provisional)300 m
- Perryfields Junior SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024. 91% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)390 m
- Chelmsford Hospital SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file450 m
- Perryfields Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2022450 m
- The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)780 m
- Springfield Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)800 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).