Purleigh Community Primary School

Academy converter · Primary school · Chelmsford, Essex

CM3 6PJ

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

56.3

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#4,885

National rank

#505

In East of England

#148

In Essex

Top 34%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

74%

% achieving higher RWM ?

Reading average scaled score ?

107.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

108.0

National avg ≈ 104

Reading progress ?

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Why no data?

Maths progress

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Why no data?

% RWM expected (year-on-year) 57% → 74% ▲ 17.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 206 % FSM ever-6 11.2% % EAL 1.0% Age range 4–11 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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Location

Nearby primary schools

Cold Norton Primary School Chelmsford · 1.4 mi 71.2 Wentworth Primary School Maldon · 2.4 mi 54.0 St Mary's Church of England Primary School Chelmsford · 2.9 mi 44.8 Maldon Primary School Maldon · 2.9 mi 34.6 All Saints Maldon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Maldon · 3.0 mi 39.4 Christchurch Church of England Primary School Chelmsford · 3.1 mi 21.4 St Francis Catholic Primary School, Maldon Maldon · 3.1 mi 47.1 Priory Primary School, Bicknacre Chelmsford · 3.3 mi 56.1