Galleywood Infant School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–7 · CHELMSFORD, Essex
Galleywood Infant School is a primary school in CHELMSFORD, Essex for ages 4–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 November 2023.
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Key facts
- Address
- Barnard Road, Galleywood, Galleywood Infant School, CHELMSFORD, CM2 8RR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 143 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 November 2023
Strengths
- “At Galleywood Infant a culture of mutual respect flows through the school.”
- “This creates a warm and welcoming environment.”
- “Pupils eagerly rise to the high expectations adults have of them.”
To improve
- “Some other areas of the curriculum are at various stages of development.”
- “In these subjects, the school has not identified as precisely as it could the key skills, knowledge and vocabulary pupils need to learn.”
- “As a result, teachers are not as secure in their teaching and checking of pupils’ work.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 42 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 42 offers to first-preference applicants.
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Straight-line distance, in Essex.
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- Moulsham Junior School 1.5 mi School remains Good
- Baddow Hall Infant School 1.8 mi Not judged
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