Baddow Hall Infant School
Primary · Chelmsford · CM2 7QZ
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 14 November 2019
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
166 pupils · 92% of 180 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 9.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 10.4% of pupils
- SEN support
- 14.6% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.2% of pupils
- URN
- 114898
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.82 first-choice applications per place56 places offered · 46 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 4 February 2025: S5 Inspection
- 13 November 2019: Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools
- 15 March 2016: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.