Perryfields Infant School

Academy converter·Infant school Chelmsford, Essex·CM1 7PP

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Perryfields Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

66%

89 first choices, 60 places

First choices per place

1.48

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

295

any preference, for 60 places

Last place offered lived

0.45 mi

straight line, 2025 intake · 731 m

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08

00.511.52

1 per place

0.9520221.1720230.9220241.4120251.482026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 180
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

4.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

23.9%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

14.4%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.0%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

4.8%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

24.3

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£6,000

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Perryfields Junior School Chelmsford · 0.0 mi 86.0 The Tyrrells School Chelmsford · 0.3 mi 67.2 Springfield Primary School Chelmsford · 0.4 mi 37.3 The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School Chelmsford · 0.6 mi 71.8 The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford Chelmsford · 1.0 mi 52.8 Trinity Road Primary School Chelmsford · 1.1 mi 57.4 Barnes Farm Primary School Chelmsford · 1.1 mi 44.2 Broomfield Primary School Chelmsford · 1.1 mi 44.7

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Perryfields Infant School

Perryfields Infant School is a primary school in Chelmsford, Essex, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 180 pupils aged 5 to 7 attend the school.

Competition for places is real here - 66% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (89 first choices for 60 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 0.45 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 24.3 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 4% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Perryfields Infant 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.