The Beaulieu Park School
All-through · Free schools · Mixed · Essex
Armistice Avenue, Chelmsford, CM1 6DT
83
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 18/01/2023
Application demand
80%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.0%
16.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,763
Capacity used
Has space87%
2,020 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
80%
1st preference success rate
115 of 144 families who put it first got an offer
119
Places offered
327
Total applications
2.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 144 | 115 | ● 80% |
| 2nd preference | 77 | 3 | ● 4% |
| 3rd preference | 65 | 1 | ● 2% |
| 4th preference | 41 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 327 | 119 | 36% |
1st preference success by year
Essex lets families list 4 preferences. 5 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Age range
- 4–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- James Donaldson
- Address
- Armistice Avenue, Chelmsford, CM1 6DT
- Phone
- 01245943400
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward / constituency
- Springfield North · Chelmsford
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 145916
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 11% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 11% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE CHELMSFORD LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
1,763 pupils · 2,020 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
18 January 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessEarly years Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,431 pupils
Attendance
93.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
16.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 58.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.84 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 66% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 88% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.62 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 78% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 13% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 57.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 62.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 81.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 91.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.46 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 179 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 178 | 37% | 67% | 85% | |
| English Language | 178 | 33% | 72% | 88% | |
| English Literature | 177 | 36% | 79% | 90% | |
| Spanish | 137 | 24% | 61% | 74% | |
| Geography | 127 | 31% | 60% | 72% | |
| Combined Science | 121 | 17% | 50% | 76% | |
| History | 83 | 46% | 71% | 81% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 82 | 40% | 82% | 98% | |
| Biology | 56 | 57% | 91% | 100% | |
| Physics | 56 | 61% | 96% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 56 | 50% | 93% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 52 | 50% | 79% | 90% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Essex council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.