Kings Road Primary School
Kings Road, Chelmsford, CM1 2BB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE BRICKFIELDS TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Karen Riches
- Sponsor
- Brickfields Multi Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Chelmsford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 445
- Pupils on roll
- 403
- URN
- 144304
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01245256074
About this school
Kings Road Primary School is a primary academy in Chelmsford. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 403 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
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 | 60 | 62 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 62% | 63% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 5% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 78% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 67% | 66% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 75% | 61% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.40 | - | - |
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 Kings Road 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 | 63% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 419 |
| 2023/24 | 410 |
| 2024/25 | 391 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Kings Road Primary School compares
Kings Road Primary School ranked 259th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 6.7% | 40.7% | 403 | — |
| Maltese Road Primary School | 74% | 5.2% | 10.9% | 211 | 0.3 miles |
| St Pius X Catholic Primary School | 73% | 4.6% | 22.9% | 215 | 0.3 miles |
| Parkwood Academy | 66% | 5.4% | 40.3% | 196 | 0.4 miles |
| Westlands Community Primary School | 77% | 4.2% | 25% | 571 | 0.8 miles |
| Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery | 61% | 8.4% | 42.3% | 413 | 0.8 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
-
Ungraded inspection report2 April 2025
- 16 January 2020
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.66%
- English as an additional language
- 26.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.65%
- Persistent absence
- 19.16%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Maltese Road Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
St Pius X Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Parkwood Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Westlands Community Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery0.8 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
Other schools in Chelmsford
Kings Road Primary School ranks 33rd 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 Kings Road Primary School teach?
- Kings Road Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Chelmsford.
- Who is the head teacher of Kings Road Primary School?
- The head teacher of Kings Road Primary School is Mrs Karen Riches, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Kings Road Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Kings Road 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 Kings Road Primary School?
- Kings Road Primary School has 403 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Kings Road Primary School full?
- Kings Road Primary School has capacity for 445 pupils and 403 on roll (91%), 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 Kings Road Primary School a faith school?
- No. Kings Road Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Kings Road Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Kings Road Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Kings Road Primary School?
- Kings Road Primary School is part of THE BRICKFIELDS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Kings Road 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 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Kings Road Primary School rank locally?
- Kings Road Primary School ranked 259th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Kings Road Primary School's absence rate?
- Kings Road Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Kings Road Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Kings Road 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 10 July 2026.