Beehive Lane Community Primary School, Chelmsford

Ofsted's report card from its 7 July 2026 inspection grades Beehive Lane Community Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "By the end of key stage 2, pupils achieve very well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils attend very regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is well considered."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children settle well in the Reception class."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have clear and useful systems in place to understand the needs of pupils."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Over the past few years, there have been some changes in the leadership of the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils benefit from a well-designed personal, social and health education programme."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to fully embed highly effective teaching across all subjects in the curriculum, in particular the way teachers identify and address misconceptions in pupils' learning"; "Leaders should ensure that the small number of pupils in key stage 1 with gaps in their foundational knowledge are helped to close these gaps and learn well"; "Leaders should ensure that the activities children complete in the early years are precisely designed to help children practise, apply and secure their knowledge and skills across all areas of learning".

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils at Beehive Lane Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 76% in Essex and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 93% in reading and 90% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 45 families put Beehive Lane Community Primary School as their first choice and 212 named it as one of their preferences, for 29 places offered. That is 1.6 first choices for every place. 17 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Beehive Lane Community Primary School are Larkrise Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 72% reading, 55% maths); Mildmay Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 72% reading, 71% maths); Moulsham Infant School (0.7 miles, Good); and Moulsham Junior School (0.7 miles, Good, 87% reading, 79% maths).

Beehive Lane Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 3 schools.

11.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 7.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (76%), Asian (7%) and Mixed (7%).

Beehive Lane Community Primary School had 15 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Chelmsford Rail Station, about 1.7 miles away in a straight line.

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Duffield Road (w-bound), 390 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 155 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and vehicle crime. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Essex (97), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Beehive Lane Community Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Beehive Lane Community Primary School are Great Baddow High School (0.2 miles), Moulsham High School (0.6 miles) and The Sandon School (1.5 miles).