The Beaulieu Park School
All-through · Free schools · Ages 4–19 · Chelmsford, Essex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Essex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
The Beaulieu Park School is an all-through school in Chelmsford, Essex for ages 4–19 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 18 January 2023. Essex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
The Beaulieu Park School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2023 | Not published |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Year 7 2026: 180 first-choice applications for 116 offers; 93 offers went to first-choice families, and 87 first-choice families (48%) were not offered a place.
- In Year 7 2026, 23 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- The published admission number for Year 7 in 2027 is 120 places.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Essex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Armistice Avenue, Chelmsford, CM1 6DT
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–19
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,763 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 18 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils greatly appreciate the exceptional education that they receive both in and outside the classroom.”
- “From Reception onwards, the ‘ARRK’ values of aspiration, respect, responsibility and kindness are reflected in pupils’ daily experiences.”
- “Pupils are incredibly well looked after.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 78% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 63% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 57.1 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 164 first-preference applications, 120 offers in total, 118 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 180 first-preference applications, 116 offers in total, 93 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- New Hall School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Chelmsford Hospital School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Belsteads School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- High Trees 1.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Lift Columbus 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Hawthorns School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Sir Geoff Hurst Academy 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Anne's School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade