Perryfields Junior School

Perryfields Junior School has received an outstanding rating across all areas in its first inspection, reflecting exceptional performance in education quality, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school creates a nurturing environment where students feel safe and valued, fostering a strong work ethic and a genuine enthusiasm for learning. The curriculum is not only well-structured but also engaging, with a particular emphasis on reading support, ensuring all pupils, including those with special educational needs, progress effectively.

Strengths

• Exceptional quality of education with outstanding curriculum planning.
• Strong work ethic among pupils who embrace challenges.
• Exemplary approach to reading, encouraging fluency and confidence.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities promoting personal growth.
• Positive and respectful school culture with strong community ties.
• Effective tracking and support for pupils with SEND.

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 Perryfields Junior School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.9% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Perryfields 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 Perryfields Junior School had 25.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 10.0% of pupils at Perryfields Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Perryfields Junior School received £5,973 and spent £5,558 for each of its 301 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £487,000 (£1,618 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.

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What is Perryfields Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Perryfields Junior School is Outstanding, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Perryfields Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Perryfields Junior School was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Perryfields Junior School have?

Perryfields Junior School has 301 pupils on roll.

What age range does Perryfields Junior School cover?

Perryfields Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 91% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Perryfields Junior School?

Perryfields Junior School is at Lawn Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 7PP.