Writtle Infant School

Academy converter·Infant school Chelmsford, Essex·CM1 3HZ

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Writtle Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. 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

84%

71 first choices, 60 places

First choices per place

1.18

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

128

any preference, for 60 places

Last place offered lived

1.16 mi

straight line, 2025 intake · 1868 m

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: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 177
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

13.6%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

5.1%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Staffing & funding

Spend per pupil

£2,593

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Writtle Junior School Chelmsford · 0.2 mi 46.5 Westlands Community Primary School Chelmsford · 1.3 mi 69.9 Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery Chelmsford · 1.5 mi 57.2 Maltese Road Primary School Chelmsford · 1.9 mi 66.8 Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School Chelmsford · 1.9 mi 60.0 Kings Road Primary School Chelmsford · 1.9 mi 47.0 Moulsham Junior School Chelmsford · 2.0 mi 47.1 Parkwood Academy Chelmsford · 2.0 mi 46.4

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

Writtle Infant School at a glance

Located in Chelmsford, Essex, Writtle Infant School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 177 pupils aged 4 to 7.

Writtle Infant School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 71 first choices for 60 places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 1.16 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Writtle 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.