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Lawford Mead Primary & Nursery

Primary school in Chelmsford, Essex. Standards maintained (Mar 2025).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 23 January 2020, report published 23 February 2020, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

Good overall. The school was doing well. The most common grade under the previous system. 76% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Good.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Since then: ungraded inspection

Inspected 26 March 2025, report published 7 May 2025.

Standards maintained

An ungraded inspection is a shorter visit to check that a school is still at the grade it was given at its last full inspection. It doesn’t award a new grade. More about ungraded inspections.

Next inspection: around March 2029

The last inspection was in March 2025. Schools are usually inspected about every four years.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2030 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

  1. 0.6 milesNewlands Spring Primary and Nursery School

    Primary, Chelmsford, Essex

    Good (Oct 2023)

  2. 0.6 milesParkwood Academy

    Primary, Chelmsford, Essex

    Requires improvement (Jul 2024)

  3. 0.8 milesKings Road Primary School

    Primary, Chelmsford, Essex

    Standards maintained (Apr 2025)

  4. 0.9 milesSt Pius X Catholic Primary School

    Primary, Chelmsford, Essex

    Standards maintained (Oct 2024)

  5. 0.9 milesWestlands Community Primary School

    Primary, Chelmsford, Essex

    Improved significantly (Nov 2024)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.