Collingwood Primary School
Collingwood Road, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5YJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Buckland-Garnett
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 208
- URN
- 115305
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01245322258
About this school
Collingwood Primary School is a foundation primary school in Chelmsford. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 208 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 53 | 31 | 38 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 55% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 10% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 65% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 68% | 71% | 74% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 65% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
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 Collingwood 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 | 62% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 256 |
| 2023/24 | 232 |
| 2024/25 | 227 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Collingwood Primary School compares
Collingwood Primary School ranked 221st of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 4.8% | 17.6% | 208 | — |
| Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers | 31% | 5.2% | 17.8% | 132 | 0.3 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, SWF | 77% | 5.1% | 7.7% | 180 | 0.3 miles |
| Elmwood Primary School | 55% | 5% | 11.3% | 414 | 0.5 miles |
| Woodville Primary School | 67% | 4.6% | 8.1% | 412 | 1.0 miles |
| Riverside Primary School | 60% | 5.5% | 16.1% | 422 | 1.0 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)
- 17.62%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 4.77%
- Persistent absence
- 8.87%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers0.3 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
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St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, SWF0.3 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Elmwood Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Woodville Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Riverside Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Hullbridge
Other schools in Chelmsford
Collingwood Primary School ranks 30th of the 46 ranked primary 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
- 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 Collingwood Primary School teach?
- Collingwood Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Chelmsford.
- Who is the headteacher of Collingwood Primary School?
- The headteacher of Collingwood Primary School is Mrs Amanda Buckland-Garnett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Collingwood Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Collingwood Primary 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 Collingwood Primary School?
- Collingwood Primary School has 208 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Collingwood Primary School full?
- Collingwood Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 208 on roll (66%), 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 Collingwood Primary School a faith school?
- No. Collingwood Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Collingwood Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Collingwood Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Collingwood Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 62% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Collingwood Primary School rank locally?
- Collingwood Primary School ranked 221st of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Collingwood Primary School's absence rate?
- Collingwood Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Collingwood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Collingwood 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 30 June 2026.