Highwood Primary School | Primary in Chelmsford | Ofsted & DfE

25%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

31%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

25%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

31%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

25%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

31%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 22/11/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityEssex

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio19.4:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Highwood Primary School · Primary · Essex

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

25%

86%50%14%

'17'19'23'25

'25 · 25%

RWM higher standard

0%0%0%

'17'19'23'25

'25 · 0%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

63%

Reading higher standard

13%

Writing expected standard

38%

Writing higher standard

13%

Maths expected standard

50%

Maths higher standard

Science expected standard

75%

SPAG expected standard

38%

SPAG higher standard

13%

Reading scaled score

107.0

Maths scaled score

102.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.4

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

27%

SEN

27%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

31%

Contact

Address

Loves Green, Highwood, Chelmsford, CM1 3QH

Local authority

Essex

Website

www.highwood.essex.sch.uk

Telephone

01245248200

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	25%	0%	63%	13%	38%	13%	50%	0%	75%	38%	107.0	102.0	104.0	—	—	—	27%	56
2023/24	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	—	—	—	26%	53
2022/23	75%	0%	75%	25%	88%	0%	75%	13%	88%	75%	103.0	103.0	106.0	-2.40	+0.40	-1.10	16%	57
2018/19	14%	0%	29%	0%	57%	0%	57%	0%	57%	86%	96.0	101.0	102.0	Suppressed	+0.20	Suppressed	27%	41
2017/18	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	26%	38
2016/17	86%	0%	100%	29%	86%	29%	100%	14%	100%	86%	107.0	106.0	108.0	+3.40	+2.40	+2.70	28%	39

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	56	16.5	27%	2%	27%	9%	31%
2023/24	53	15.6	26%	0%	28%	8%	24%
2022/23	57	19.0	16%	0%	26%	8%	29%
2021/22	57	18.2	16%	0%	30%	9%	30%
2020/21	55	18.3	16%	0%	27%	—	—
2018/19	41	13.4	27%	0%	32%	6%	19%
2017/18	38	10.8	26%	0%	32%	6%	10%
2016/17	39	12.2	28%	0%	28%	6%	22%