Springfield Primary School
Forsythia Close, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM1 6XW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jacquelyn Pick
- Constituency
- Chelmsford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 409
- URN
- 134065
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01245461077
About this school
Springfield Primary School is a community primary school in Chelmsford. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 409 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 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong 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 | 89 | 87 | 63 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 54% | 52% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 16% | 6% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 69% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 75% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 77% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.40 | - | - |
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 Springfield 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 | 67% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 52% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 476 |
| 2023/24 | 430 |
| 2024/25 | 406 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Springfield Primary School compares
Springfield Primary School ranked 313th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52% | 6.3% | 30.3% | 409 | — |
| The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School | 80% | 4.7% | 10.7% | 437 | 0.2 miles |
| Perryfields Infant School | — | 3.2% | 4.4% | 180 | 0.4 miles |
| Perryfields Junior School | 91% | 3.2% | 9.6% | 301 | 0.5 miles |
| The Tyrrells School | 80% | 4.1% | 11.6% | 420 | 0.5 miles |
| Barnes Farm Primary School | 50% | 5.6% | 15.4% | 539 | 1.2 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
-
Graded inspection report10 March 2026
- 9 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 30.3%
- English as an additional language
- 19.7%
- Overall absence
- 6.33%
- Persistent absence
- 21.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Perryfields Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Perryfields Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
The Tyrrells School0.5 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Barnes Farm Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
Other schools in Chelmsford
Springfield Primary School ranks 40th 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
- Collingwood Primary School Primary
- East Hanningfield Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Elmwood Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Springfield Primary School teach?
- Springfield Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Chelmsford.
- Who is the headteacher of Springfield Primary School?
- The headteacher of Springfield Primary School is Mrs Jacquelyn Pick, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Springfield Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Springfield 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 Springfield Primary School?
- Springfield Primary School has 409 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Springfield Primary School full?
- Springfield Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 409 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Springfield Primary School a faith school?
- No. Springfield Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Springfield Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Springfield Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Springfield Primary 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 52% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Springfield Primary School rank locally?
- Springfield Primary School ranked 313th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Springfield Primary School's absence rate?
- Springfield Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Springfield Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Springfield 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 2 July 2026.