Moulsham Junior School

Moulsham Junior School continues to demonstrate a strong performance overall, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in April 2018. With a focus on high expectations for both learning and behavior, pupils engage enthusiastically in their education, fostering a safe and respectful environment. The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, enabling students to build knowledge across a range of subjects, particularly excelling in reading where targeted support helps all pupils, including disadvantaged ones, achieve high standards.

Strengths

• High expectations of learning and behaviour
• Strong focus on diversity and inclusion
• Effective reading support leading to high achievement
• Engaging curriculum with deep subject knowledge from teachers
• Strong leadership opportunities for pupils
• Proactive involvement in community initiatives

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils lack practice in applying reasoning skills in mathematics
• Some pupils have not memorized key mathematical knowledge

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Moulsham Junior School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.8% of pupils at Moulsham Junior School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Moulsham Junior School had 23.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.2% of pupils at Moulsham Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Moulsham Junior School received £6,357 and spent £6,355 for each of its 685 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,038,000 (£1,515 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Hive Family of Schools, income was £4,756 and spending £4,036 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

All schools in Chelmsford · Essex local authority: places and applications

Moulsham Junior School is part of Hive Family of Schools, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Moulsham Infant School Chelmsford
• Writtle Infant School Chelmsford
• Writtle Junior School Chelmsford

What is Moulsham Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Moulsham Junior School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Moulsham Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Moulsham Junior School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Moulsham Junior School have?

Moulsham Junior School has 686 pupils on roll.

What age range does Moulsham Junior School cover?

Moulsham Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Moulsham Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Moulsham Junior School?

Moulsham Junior School is at Princes Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 9DG.