The Beaulieu Park School
Armistice Avenue, Chelmsford, CM1 6DT
- Phase
- All-through
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- THE CHELMSFORD LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Mr James Donaldson
- Sponsor
- The Chelmsford Learning Partnership
- Constituency
- Chelmsford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 2,020
- Pupils on roll
- 1,763
- URN
- 145916
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01245943400
About this school
The Beaulieu Park School is an all-through academy in Chelmsford. It teaches children aged 4 to 19 and has 1,763 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
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
- Outstanding
- 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 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 92% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 179 | 179 |
| Attainment 8 score | 58.2 | 57.1 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.84 +0.63 to +1.05 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 65.9% | 62.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 87.7% | 81.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 94.4% | 91.1% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.6 | 5.5 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Beaulieu Park 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 | — | 43.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 58.2 | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 57.1 | 42.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,112 |
| 2023/24 | 1,415 |
| 2024/25 | 1,609 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Beaulieu Park School compares
The Beaulieu Park School ranked 8th of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 90% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57.1 | 7% | 12.9% | 1,763 | — |
| Helena Romanes School | 46.6 | 10.3% | 19.3% | 1,265 | 10.4 miles |
| Springfield Primary School | — | 6.3% | 30.3% | 409 | 0.5 miles |
| The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School | — | 4.7% | 10.7% | 437 | 0.6 miles |
| New Hall School | 70.5 | — | 0% | 1,364 | 0.6 miles |
| The Boswells School | 48.4 | 7.2% | 16.6% | 1,423 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.91%
- English as an additional language
- 12.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.03%
- Persistent absence
- 16.35%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Helena Romanes School10.4 miles
All-through · Great Dunmow
-
Springfield Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
New Hall School0.6 miles
Independent schools · Chelmsford
-
The Boswells School0.8 miles
Secondary · Chelmsford
Other schools in Chelmsford
The Beaulieu Park School ranks 7th of the 46 ranked primary schools in Chelmsford, and The Beaulieu Park School ranks 4th of the 11 ranked secondary schools in Chelmsford.
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Common questions
- What year groups does The Beaulieu Park School teach?
- The Beaulieu Park School teaches children aged 4 to 19. It is an all-through school in Chelmsford.
- Who is the headteacher of The Beaulieu Park School?
- The headteacher of The Beaulieu Park School is Mr James Donaldson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Beaulieu Park School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Beaulieu Park 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 The Beaulieu Park School?
- The Beaulieu Park School has 1,763 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 19.
- Is The Beaulieu Park School full?
- The Beaulieu Park School has capacity for 2,020 pupils and 1,763 on roll (87%), 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 The Beaulieu Park School a faith school?
- No. The Beaulieu Park School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Beaulieu Park School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Beaulieu Park School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs The Beaulieu Park School?
- The Beaulieu Park School is part of THE CHELMSFORD LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How does The Beaulieu Park School rank locally?
- The Beaulieu Park School ranked 8th of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 90% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Beaulieu Park School's absence rate?
- The Beaulieu Park School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Beaulieu Park School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Beaulieu Park 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.