Trinity Road Primary School

Community school·Primary school Chelmsford, Essex·CM2 6HS
Composite score
57.4
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#4,717
National rank
#473
In East of England
#133
In Essex
Top 32%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
56%
% achieving higher RWM
18%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
29 first choices, 39 places
First choices per place
0.74
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
82
any preference, for 39 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.27
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6720220.6220230.8720240.4720250.742026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Trinity Road Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
402
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
28.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,400
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Trinity Road Primary School is a primary school serving Chelmsford, Essex, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 402 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 56% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 9.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 32% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 18% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Trinity Road Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 39 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 25.1 pupils per teacher. Trinity Road Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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