UK Schools
Parkwood Academy
Parkwood Academy is a mixed primary academy in Chelmsford, Essex County Council, teaching 196 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its last graded inspection in July 2024. In 2024–2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 4 November 2025 to 20 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Parkwood Academy.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Parkwood Academy.
- 1 INSET Day (Local)
- 2 INSET Day (Local)
- 3 Y7 & Y11 Return
- 4 Y8, Y9 & Y10 Return
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3 INSET Day (National)
- 4–30 Autumn Term 2
- 1–19 Autumn Term 2
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day Bank Holiday
- 26 Boxing Day Bank Holiday
- 1–5 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day Bank Holiday
- 5 INSET Day (Local)
- 5–31 Spring Term 1
- 1–13 Spring Term 1
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23 INSET Day (National)
- 23–28 Spring Term 2
- 1–27 Spring Term 2
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday Bank Holiday
- 6 Easter Monday Bank Holiday
- 13–30 Summer Term 1
- 1–22 Summer Term 1
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1–30 Summer Term 2
- 1–20 Summer Term 2
- 20 Inset Day
- 21–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 20 GCSE Results Day
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day (Local) Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- INSET Day (Local) Sep 2, 2025 Inset Day
- Y7 & Y11 Return Sep 3, 2025 Event
- Y8, Y9 & Y10 Return Sep 4, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- INSET Day (National) Nov 3, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Term 2 Nov 4 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 5, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Bank Holiday Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Bank Holiday Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
- New Year's Day Bank Holiday Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day (Local) Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term 1 Jan 5 - Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- INSET Day (National) Feb 23, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Term 2 Feb 23 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday Bank Holiday Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday Bank Holiday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term 1 Apr 13 - May 22, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term 2 Jun 1 - Jul 20, 2026 Term
- Inset Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 21 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- GCSE Results Day Aug 20, 2026 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Parkwood Academy with Essex County Council and England.
Key stage 2 (end of primary) 66% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths
How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.
This school Essex County Council England
Attendance 17.8% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Essex County Council England
About this data source & caveats
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Parkwood Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Parkwood Academy than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.