Thriftwood School
Slades Lane, Chelmsford, CM2 8RW
279 pupils · 105% of 266 capacity
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 5–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- SEAX TRUST
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 57.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
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 15 July 2025, published 7 September 2025. 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 | 0% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Nearby alternatives
- Widford Lodge School 2.1 km · No Ofsted rating
- St Cedd's School 2.8 km · No Ofsted rating
- Octavia House Schools, Essex 2.8 km · No Ofsted rating
- St Anne's School 2.9 km · No Ofsted rating
- Community College Initiative Ltd 3.1 km · No Ofsted rating
- Anglia Ruskin University 4.4 km · No Ofsted rating
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.