Voluntary aided school · Primary
Chelmsford · CM2 8RR · Essex
Ages 7–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenURN 137554
Thriftwood School
Academy special converter · Chelmsford · CM2 8RW
Age range
Ages 5–19
Pupils
279
Local authority
Essex
Age range
Ages 5–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy special converter, Ages 5–19, in Chelmsford, Essex, 279 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, special school. Free school meals: 57.4%. SEN provision includes: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 5–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137554
Location
- Address
- Slades Lane, Galleywood
- Postcode
- CM2 8RW
- Town
- Chelmsford
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 279
- Boys / girls
- 182 / 97
- School capacity
- 266
- Capacity fill
- 279 / 266 (105%)
- Free school meals
- 57.4%
- FSM pupils
- 124
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: SEAX TRUST
- Academy trust
- SEAX TRUST
- Sponsor
- SEAX Trust
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Georgina Pryke
- Telephone
- 01245266880
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-07-15
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%