Broomfield Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Chelmsford, Essex·CM1 7DN
Composite score
44.7
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National rank
#994
In East of England
#260
In Essex
Top 62%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
49%
% achieving higher RWM
11%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
52 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
141
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220220.9820230.9520240.7320250.872026

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

Every child who put Broomfield 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
419
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
11.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.8
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,675
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Broomfield Primary School

Broomfield Primary School is a primary school in Chelmsford, Essex, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 419 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 49% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 12.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 11% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Broomfield Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 52 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 22.8 pupils per teacher. Broomfield 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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