St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolMaylandsea Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

St Leonard's Church of England Primary School and Maylandsea Primary School are primary schools.

  • St Leonard's Church of England Primary School scores 38 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Maylandsea Primary School scores 46 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Maylandsea Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • St Leonard's Church of England Primary School was judged Good and Maylandsea Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 29.0% for St Leonard's Church of England Primary School and 63.0% for Maylandsea Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at St Leonard's Church of England Primary School (18.0% in 2022-23, 29.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Maylandsea Primary School (54.0% in 2022-23, 63.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St Leonard's Church of England Primary School versus Maylandsea Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure SouthminsterSt Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolChelmsfordMaylandsea Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF38/100D46/100Stronger figure
Local ranking368th of 430 in Essex 318th of 430 in Essex Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 5-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll258 217
Capacity315 210
LocationSouthminster, CM0 7ES Chelmsford, CM3 6AD
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard29.0% 63.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard0.0% 9.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score102.0 106.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score97.0 104.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census253 230
Free school meals (ever 6)30.0% 14.3%
English as an additional language2.0% 0.4%
SEN support17.8% 14.3%
SEN with an EHC plan1.6% 3.0%
Attendance
Overall absence9.1% 6.2% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence26.6% 19.1% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

St Leonard's Church of England Primary School

Maylandsea Primary School

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