Danbury Park Community Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Danbury · CM3 4AB · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS275%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM4.8%
- Demand0.93
0.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: School remains GoodURN 115112
St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury
Voluntary controlled school · Chelmsford · CM3 4NS
Ages 4–11 · 222 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
School remains Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
66%
Overall absence
6.0%
Admissions demand
0.96 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-10-15
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)66%
Higher standard (RWM)14%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)14.9%
Unauthorised1.8%
- Authorised absence
- 4.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 202
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.96 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
24
Places offered
25
1st-preference offers
24
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 58
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 25
- Applications from outside LA
- 0
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill97%
222 pupils · 230 places
- Pupils on roll
- 222
- Boys / girls
- 127 / 95
- School capacity
- 230
- Capacity fill
- 222 / 230 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 13.1%
- FSM pupils
- 29
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Voluntary controlled school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chelmsford
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Voluntary controlled school
- Headteacher
- Mr Toby Power
Location
- Address
- Little Baddow Road, Danbury
- Postcode
- CM3 4NS
- Town
- Chelmsford
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed voluntary controlled school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Chelmsford, Essex, 222 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 13.1%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Chelmsford.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Priory Primary School, Bicknacre
Ofsted: Needs attentionCommunity school · Primary
Chelmsford · CM3 4ES · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS246%
- Absence6.6%
- FSM15.0%
- Demand1.00
1.6 miles away
Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted: Some aspects not as strongAcademy converter · Primary
Maldon · CM9 6RF · Essex
Ages 4–11
- FSM29.3%
1.9 miles away
East Hanningfield Church of England Primary Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Chelmsford · CM3 8AE · Essex
Ages 5–11
- FSM7.3%
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Toby Power
- Telephone
- 01245222173