Writtle Junior School
Margaretting Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, CM1 3HG
This school is closed (it closed in March 2025).
It was replaced by Writtle Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Nicholas Taylor
- Constituency
- North West Essex
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 237
- URN
- 115047
- Local authority
- Essex
About this school
Writtle Junior School was a community primary school in Chelmsford. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 237 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Writtle Junior 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 | 60 | 61 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 70% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 15% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 87% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 87% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 85% | 89% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 109.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.90 | - | - |
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 Writtle Junior 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 | 67% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 241 |
| 2023/24 | 238 |
| 2024/25 | 237 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Writtle Junior School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 49% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 5.4% | 17.7% | 237 | — |
| Writtle Infant School | — | — | — | 178 | 0.0 miles |
| Writtle Junior School | — | — | — | 238 | 0.0 miles |
| Westlands Community Primary School | 77% | 4.2% | 25% | 571 | 1.3 miles |
| Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery | 61% | 8.4% | 42.3% | 413 | 1.6 miles |
| Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School | 69% | 3.9% | 8.8% | 216 | 1.9 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)
- 17.72%
- English as an additional language
- 6.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.42%
- Persistent absence
- 12.6%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Writtle Infant School0.0 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
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Writtle Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Westlands Community Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery1.6 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
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 year groups does Writtle Junior School teach?
- Writtle Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Chelmsford.
- Has Writtle Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Writtle Junior 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 big is Writtle Junior School?
- Writtle Junior School had 237 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Writtle Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Writtle Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Writtle Junior 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.