Highwood Primary School
Community school in Chelmsford, Essex.
School details
| Phase | Primary |
|---|---|
| Type | Community school |
| Age range | 4 to 11 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 66 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 70 |
| Free school meals | 27.30% |
| Local authority | Essex |
| Address | Loves Green, Highwood, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3QH |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.highwood.essex.sch.uk |
| Telephone | 01245248200 |
| URN | 114869 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 22 November 2022, published 17 January 2023:
| Overall effectiveness | Good |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years provision | Good |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
Latest ungraded inspection: 10 June 2021, outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next.
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- Margaretting Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (primary school, about 3.5 km)
- Writtle Infant School (primary school, about 3.9 km)
- Writtle Junior School (primary school, about 3.9 km)
- Ingatestone Infant School (primary school, about 4.0 km)
- Ingatestone and Fryerning Church of England Junior School (primary school, about 4.4 km)
- Blackmore Primary School (primary school, about 4.4 km)
- Roxwell Church of England Primary School (primary school, about 4.6 km)
- Westlands Community Primary School (primary school, about 5.9 km)
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