Elm Green Preparatory School
Elm Green Preparatory School is an independent school in Essex for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 164 pupils and room for 220.
Parsonage Lane, Little Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 4SU01245 225230elmgreen.essex.sch.ukMrs Ann Milner headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Essex council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 164 | 175 | 190 | 196 | 222 | 211 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 14% | 16% | 13% | 12% | 10% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Danbury | Church of England | 1.0 miles | 222 | Good 2023 | 72 | Compare |
| Danbury Park Community Primary School | Council | 1.1 miles | 250 | Good 2024 | 82 | Compare |
| Heathcote School | Independent | 1.2 miles | 98 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Woodham Walter Church of England Primary Academy | Academy | 1.9 miles | 75 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Clarity Independent School | Independent (grammar) | 2.1 miles | 13 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Boreham Primary School | Council | 2.2 miles | 212 | Good 2023 | 59 | Compare |
| Chancellor Park Primary School, Chelmsford | Council | 2.6 miles | 209 | Outstanding 2024 | 97 | Compare |
| Priory Primary School, Bicknacre | Council | 2.6 miles | 153 | Report card 2026 | 24 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Elm Green Preparatory School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Elm Green Preparatory School yet.
How many pupils does Elm Green Preparatory School have?
164 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 220 places, so it is 75% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Parsonage Lane, Little Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 4SU
- Telephone
- 01245 225230
- Website
- www.elmgreen.essex.sch.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ann Milner
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 3-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward
- Little Baddow, Danbury and Sandon
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1956
- URN
- 115411 · LAESTAB 8816017 · UKPRN 10071134
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.