The Beaulieu Park School is a mixed all-through free school in Chelmsford, Essex County Council, teaching 1,763 pupils aged 4 to 19. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in January 2023. In 2024–2025, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and GCSE Attainment 8 was 57.1 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 20 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Beaulieu Park School.

Latest inspection
Outstanding Overall effectiveness
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour & attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership & managementOutstanding
Early yearsOutstanding
S5 Inspection · Inspected 18 Jan 2023 · Published 8 Mar 2023
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Beaulieu Park School.

The Beaulieu Park School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
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  • 1–30 Autumn Term
  • 24 Inset Day
October 2025
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  • 1–31 Autumn Term
  • 24 Inset Day
  • 27–31 Autumn Half Term
November 2025
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  • 1–30 Autumn Term
December 2025
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  • 1–19 Autumn Term
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
  • 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
January 2026
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  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
  • 5–31 Spring Term
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 1–28 Spring Term
  • 16–20 Spring Half Term
  • 19 Inset Day
March 2026
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  • 1–27 Spring Term
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
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  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 6 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
  • 13–30 Summer Term
  • 13 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Term
  • 4 Early May Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half Term
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–30 Summer Term
  • 26 Inset Day
July 2026
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  • 1–20 Summer Term
  • 20 Inset Day
  • 21–31 Summer Holiday
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Autumn Term Sep 1, 2025 - Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 27, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30, 2026 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 - Jul 20, 2026 Term
  • Summer Half Term May 25, 2026 - May 29, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday Jul 21, 2026 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Inset Day Sep 24, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Oct 24, 2025 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Feb 19, 2026 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Jun 26, 2026 Inset Day
  • Inset Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
  • New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
  • Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 13, 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
57.1 Attainment 8 England 46.1 Top 10%
78% Expected standard at KS2 England 62% Top 16%
62.6% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4% Top 13%
16.4% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Beaulieu Park School with Essex County Council and England.

Key stage 2 (end of primary) 78% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths

How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.

This school Essex County Council England

Expected standard in reading, writing & maths · The headline primary measure 78%
Essex County Council 63% England 62% +16 vs England
Average reading scaled score · 100 = expected standard 109
Essex County Council 106 England 106 +3 vs England
Average maths scaled score · 100 = expected standard 108
Essex County Council 105 England 105 +3 vs England
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 60
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 57.1 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Essex County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 57.1
Essex County Council 45.1 England 46.1 +11 vs England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 62.6%
Essex County Council 43.1% England 45.4% +17.2 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 47.9
Essex County Council 31.1 England 34.9 +13 vs England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 10.6
Essex County Council 17.8 England 15.5 -4.9 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 12.8%
Essex County Council 21.8% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 179
Attendance 16.4% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Essex County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 16.4%
Essex County Council 17.7% England 17.8% -1.4 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 7%
Essex County Council 6.9% England 6.8% +0.3 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

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 The Beaulieu Park School. 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 catchment Other primary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The Beaulieu Park School 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.