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Prettygate Infant School

  • 5–7Ages
  • 172Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 114744URN

Plume Avenue, Colchester, CO3 4PH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
0.4 above Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

150 applications for 55 places · 109th of 363 in Essex
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 18 October 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 18 October 2022
    Graded inspection: Good
  2. 2 October 2019
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
2.7applications per place, Reception
0.4 above Essex median (2.4) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

150 applications · 55 places offered · 49 named it first

  1. 2026 2.7; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.4; Essex median median 2.4
  3. 2024 2.8; Essex median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.9; Essex median median 2.4
  5. 2022 3.0; Essex median median 2.4
  6. 2021 3.6; Essex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 2.6; Essex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 3.5; Essex median median 2.5
  9. 2018 3.2; Essex median median 2.5
  10. 2017 4.1; Essex median median 2.6
  11. 2016 4.3; Essex median median 2.8
  12. 2015 4.0; Essex median median 2.7
  13. 2014 4.4; Essex median median 2.8
More applications per place than the Essex median in 13 of 13 years.
  • 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026551502.7490.89
Sep 2025571382.4530.93
Sep 2024601672.8480.80
Sep 2023521532.9490.94
Sep 2022451353.0340.76
Sep 2021351263.6310.89
Sep 2020591562.6440.75
Sep 2019451593.5370.82
Sep 2018601943.2490.82
Sep 2017602444.1570.95
Sep 2016602594.3731.22
Sep 2015602374.0701.17
Sep 2014602634.4851.42

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
114744 · 881/2056
Capacity
180 pupils · 172 on roll
Free school meals
12.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Plume Avenue, Colchester, CO3 4PH
Local authority
Essex · Colchester

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources