Perryfields Junior School, Chelmsford

From the headteacher's welcome: "Perryfields Junior School is a vibrant learning community where expectations and standards are high. Our pupils make huge progress in terms of learning, creativity and their understanding of themselves and others."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care.

In 2025, 94% of Year 6 pupils at Perryfields Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 97% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 76% in Essex and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (95% in reading, 98% in maths).

Across Essex, 90% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Essex lodged 375 appeals against primary school offers; 241 reached a hearing and 31 succeeded (12.9% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Perryfields Junior School are Perryfields Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Good); The Tyrrells School (0.2 miles, Good, 85% reading, 85% maths); Springfield Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 67% reading, 70% maths); and The Bishops' Church of England and Roman Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 91% reading, 91% maths).

Perryfields Junior School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

Perryfields Junior School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

9.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 45.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (47%) and Asian (31%).

In 2026, 30 pupils (10%) received SEN support and 6 (2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

Perryfields Junior School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 25 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Chelmsford Rail Station, about 1.2 miles away in a straight line.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Paignton Avenue (adjacent), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Perryfields Junior School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 201 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Essex (97), as is usual near a town centre.

Perryfields Junior School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

The secondary schools closest to Perryfields Junior School are The Boswells School (0.1 miles); The Beaulieu Park School (0.9 miles); Chelmsford County High School for Girls (0.9 miles); and St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford (1.1 miles).