Baddow Hall Infant School
New Road, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, CM2 7QZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lesley Schlanker
- Constituency
- Chelmsford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 166
- URN
- 114898
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01245471338
About this school
Baddow Hall Infant School is a community primary school in Chelmsford. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 166 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Baddow Hall Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 174 |
| 2023/24 | 176 |
| 2024/25 | 164 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Baddow Hall Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.6% | 11.6% | 166 | — |
| Baddow Hall Junior School | 73% | 7% | 19.1% | 234 | 0.0 miles |
| Larkrise Primary School | 41% | 8.4% | 45% | 174 | 0.7 miles |
| Meadgate Primary School | 75% | 4.8% | 22.3% | 210 | 0.9 miles |
| Beehive Lane Community Primary School | 77% | 3.5% | 12.8% | 210 | 1.2 miles |
| Chancellor Park Primary School, Chelmsford | 87% | 3.9% | 9.1% | 209 | 1.6 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.59%
- English as an additional language
- 10.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.55%
- Persistent absence
- 8.13%
Location
Nearby schools
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Baddow Hall Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Larkrise Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Meadgate Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Beehive Lane Community Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
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Chancellor Park Primary School, Chelmsford1.6 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
Other schools in Chelmsford
- 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
- Ford End Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Baddow Hall Infant School teach?
- Baddow Hall Infant School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in Chelmsford.
- Who is the headteacher of Baddow Hall Infant School?
- The headteacher of Baddow Hall Infant School is Mrs Lesley Schlanker, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Baddow Hall Infant School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Baddow Hall Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Baddow Hall Infant School?
- Baddow Hall Infant School has 166 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is Baddow Hall Infant School full?
- Baddow Hall Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 166 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Baddow Hall Infant School a faith school?
- No. Baddow Hall Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Baddow Hall Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Baddow Hall Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Baddow Hall Infant School's absence rate?
- Baddow Hall Infant School's overall absence rate is 4.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Baddow Hall Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Baddow Hall Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 30 June 2026.