Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham FerrersCollingwood Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Chelmsford.

Summary of the comparison

Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers and Collingwood Primary School are primary schools in Chelmsford.

  • Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers scores 49 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Collingwood Primary School scores 62 out of 100 (grade C, average). Collingwood Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers was judged Good and Collingwood Primary School was judged the expected standard.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 31.0% for Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers and 63.0% for Collingwood Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers (50.0% in 2022-23, 31.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Collingwood Primary School (62.0% in 2022-23, 63.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers versus Collingwood Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ChelmsfordTrinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham FerrersChelmsfordCollingwood Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD49/100C62/100Stronger figure
Local ranking296th of 430 in Essex 152nd of 430 in Essex Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeVoluntary aided school Foundation school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll157 227
Capacity206 315
LocationChelmsford, CM3 5JX Chelmsford, CM3 5YJ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard31.0% 63.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard3.0% 8.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score103.0 105.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score100.0 104.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census157 227
Free school meals (ever 6)17.8% 17.6%
English as an additional language1.9% 0.0%
SEN support9.6% 13.7%
SEN with an EHC plan3.8% 1.3%
Attendance
Overall absence5.2% 4.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence11.1% 8.9% 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.

Trinity St Mary's CofE Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers

Collingwood Primary School

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