1The Cathedral Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Chelmsford
Essex · ages 4 to 11 · URN115289
314 pupils / 308 at Almondsbury Church of England Primary School2025/26 · Academic year
Add to comparison- Safeguarding standards: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Free school meals: 0.5 percentage points higher
- First language other than English: 0.4 percentage points lower
- SEND: 2.5 percentage points lower
- 6 more pupils
Sources, Ofsted & match details
- Report card inspection · inspected 3 March 2026 · published 11 May 2026 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Safeguarding standards: Met; Inclusion: Expected standard; Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Early years: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Graded inspection (previous framework) · inspected 2 November 2021 · published 13 December 2021 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good; Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good; Safeguarding is effective: Yes; Early years: Good
Matching score and calculation
Score 0.00015. A lower score means more similar pupil context. It is not a school rating or a percentage.
- FSM eligible (current eligibility): difference 0.5 percentage points; weight 45%; contribution 0.00225.
- First language other than English: difference 0.4 percentage points; weight 25%; contribution 0.00100.
- SEN support and EHC plans (derived percentage): difference 2.5 percentage points; weight 20%; contribution 0.00499.
- Total pupils: difference 6 pupils; weight 10%; contribution 0.00191.
- region: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.
- faith: same published context; contribution -0.01000.
- governance: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.