Westlands Community Primary School
Beeches Close, Chelmsford, CM1 2SB
571 pupils · 91% of 630 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 24.9%
Ofsted
Good (2019) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 9 October 2019, published 12 November 2019. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 77% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 17% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.76 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 80 | 61 | 122 | 77 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 86 | 65 | 131 | 80 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 59 | 58 | 103 | 59 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 58 | 49 | 104 | 55 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 91 | 73 | 135 | 91 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 72 | 58 | 120 | 67 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 90 | 70 | 131 | 86 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 90 | 66 | 141 | 90 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Maltese Road Primary School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Kings Road Primary School 1.3 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary School 1.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery 1.5 km · Good (2020) · previous system
- Oaklands Infant School 1.6 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Parkwood Academy 1.7 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.