Meadgate Primary School
Mascalls Way, Great Baddow, Chelmsford, CM2 7NS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- QUANTUM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Joseph Figg
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Chelmsford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 216
- Pupils on roll
- 210
- URN
- 140375
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01245259403
About this school
Meadgate Primary School is a primary academy in Chelmsford. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 210 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
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 31 | 29 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 71% | 69% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 23% | 10% | 19% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% | 79% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 76% | 81% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 79% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 105.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - | - |
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 Meadgate 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 | 71% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 210 |
| 2023/24 | 211 |
| 2024/25 | 215 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Meadgate Primary School compares
Meadgate Primary School ranked 92nd of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 4.8% | 22.3% | 210 | — |
| Larkrise Primary School | 41% | 8.4% | 45% | 174 | 0.7 miles |
| Trinity Road Primary School | 56% | 5.7% | 25.1% | 387 | 0.8 miles |
| Baddow Hall Infant School | — | 4.6% | 11.6% | 166 | 0.9 miles |
| Baddow Hall Junior School | 73% | 7% | 19.1% | 234 | 0.9 miles |
| Beehive Lane Community Primary School | 77% | 3.5% | 12.8% | 210 | 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)
- 22.33%
- English as an additional language
- 24.7%
- Overall absence
- 4.81%
- Persistent absence
- 12.11%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Larkrise Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Trinity Road Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Baddow Hall Infant School0.9 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Baddow Hall Junior School0.9 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Beehive Lane Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
Other schools in Chelmsford
Meadgate Primary School ranks 12th 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 Meadgate Primary School teach?
- Meadgate Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Chelmsford.
- Who is the headteacher of Meadgate Primary School?
- The headteacher of Meadgate Primary School is Mr Joseph Figg, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Meadgate Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Meadgate 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 Meadgate Primary School?
- Meadgate Primary School has 210 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Meadgate Primary School full?
- Meadgate Primary School has capacity for 216 pupils and 210 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 Meadgate Primary School a faith school?
- No. Meadgate Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Meadgate Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Meadgate Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Meadgate Primary School?
- Meadgate Primary School is part of QUANTUM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Meadgate Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 71% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Meadgate Primary School rank locally?
- Meadgate Primary School ranked 92nd of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Meadgate Primary School's absence rate?
- Meadgate 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 Meadgate Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Meadgate 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 1 July 2026.