Rettendon Primary School
Main Road, Rettendon Common, Chelmsford, CM3 8DW
This school is closed (it closed in May 2025).
It was replaced by Rettendon Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sophie Hammond
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings
- Capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 100
- URN
- 114856
- Local authority
- Essex
About this school
Rettendon Primary School was a community primary school in Chelmsford. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 100 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Rettendon Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 22 | 18 | 10 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 61% | 40% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 18% | 6% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 86% | 72% | 50% |
| Expected standard in maths | 82% | 72% | 60% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 77% | 67% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 105.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Rettendon Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 68% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 40% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 138 |
| 2023/24 | 124 |
| 2024/25 | 100 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Rettendon Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 11% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40% | 5.9% | 13% | 100 | — |
| Rettendon Primary School | — | — | — | 98 | 0.0 miles |
| St Luke's Park Primary School | — | 6.7% | 19.4% | 176 | 0.7 miles |
| Hilltop Junior School | 67% | 4.9% | 15.3% | 352 | 1.7 miles |
| Hilltop Infant School | — | 5% | 8.6% | 237 | 1.7 miles |
| Runwell Community Primary School | 53% | 5.3% | 20.9% | 362 | 1.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 13%
- English as an additional language
- 4%
- Overall absence
- 5.93%
- Persistent absence
- 17.05%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rettendon Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
St Luke's Park Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Wickford
-
Hilltop Junior School1.7 miles
Primary · Wickford
-
Hilltop Infant School1.7 miles
Primary · Wickford
-
Runwell Community Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Wickford
Other schools in Chelmsford
- Baddow Hall Infant School Primary
- Baddow Hall Junior School Primary
- Barnes Farm Primary School Primary
- Beehive Lane Community Primary School Primary
- Boreham Primary School Primary
- Broomfield Primary School Primary
- Chancellor Park Primary School, Chelmsford Primary
- Christchurch Church of England Primary School Primary
- Cold Norton Primary School Primary
- Collingwood Primary School Primary
- East Hanningfield Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Elmwood Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Rettendon Primary School teach?
- Rettendon Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Chelmsford.
- Has Rettendon Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Rettendon Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Rettendon Primary School?
- Rettendon Primary School had 100 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Rettendon Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% in 2022/23 and 40% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Rettendon Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Rettendon Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 8 July 2025.