Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Essex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry56 applications · 25 places offered · 25 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Essex median median 2.4
- 2025 2.6; Essex median median 2.4
- 2024 2.0; Essex median median 2.4
- 2023 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2022 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
- 2021 2.3; Essex median median 2.3
- 2020 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
- 2019 2.3; Essex median median 2.5
- 2018 1.7; Essex median median 2.5
- 2017 1.8; Essex median median 2.6
- 2016 1.9; Essex median median 2.8
- 2015 1.7; Essex median median 2.7
- 2014 1.9; Essex median median 2.8
- This school
- Essex median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 25 | 56 | 2.2 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 25 | 65 | 2.6 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 43 | 84 | 2.0 | 39 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2023 | 37 | 92 | 2.5 | 35 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2022 | 34 | 80 | 2.4 | 28 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2021 | 40 | 90 | 2.3 | 34 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2020 | 51 | 93 | 1.8 | 46 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2019 | 42 | 98 | 2.3 | 34 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 58 | 97 | 1.7 | 44 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2017 | 58 | 102 | 1.8 | 25 | 0.43 |
| Sep 2016 | 59 | 109 | 1.9 | 35 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 104 | 1.7 | 37 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 112 | 1.9 | 39 | 0.65 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- King's Ford Infant School and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place
- 0.0 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade202529%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · EssexImproved significantly20251.6applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · EssexRemains Good20242.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · EssexRemains Good · improving202477%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · EssexGood20222.7applications per place
- 1.3 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20253.1applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · EssexGood202254%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 114717 · 881/2017
- Capacity
- 150 pupils · 154 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Gloucester Avenue, Shrub End, Colchester, CO2 9AZ
- Local authority
- Essex · Colchester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources