Moulsham Infant School
Primary · Chelmsford · CM2 9DG
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 26 April 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
268 pupils · 74% of 360 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 14.2% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 26.6% of pupils
- SEN support
- 10.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.7% of pupils
- URN
- 136855
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.95 first-choice applications per place83 places offered · 79 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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)
81% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 19% left the state-funded sector
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.
Inspection history since 2015
- 25 April 2023: School remains Good
- 31 October 2017: Yes - improving (good)
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.