Barnes Farm Primary School

State-Funded School

barnes-farm-primary-school-essex-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

ChelmsfordConstituency

CM2 6QHPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Barnes Farm Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 5–11, located in Essex, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 539 pupils. Barnes Farm Primary School is part of THE CHELMSFORD LEARNING PARTNERSHIP.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

72%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

539

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

17%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 5 – 11
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 539
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: THE CHELMSFORD LEARNING PARTNERSHIP

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 12 October 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
29 Apr 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.