Graded inspection · Jun 2025 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 3 June 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 27 March 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry60 applications · 36 places offered · 35 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
- 2025 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
- 2024 1.4; Essex median median 2.4
- 2023 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
- 2022 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
- 2021 1.4; Essex median median 2.3
- 2020 1.7; Essex median median 2.4
- 2019 1.7; Essex median median 2.5
- 2018 1.8; Essex median median 2.5
- 2017 1.8; Essex median median 2.6
- 2016 2.0; Essex median median 2.8
- 2015 1.9; Essex median median 2.7
- 2014 1.4; 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 | 36 | 60 | 1.7 | 35 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 39 | 70 | 1.8 | 37 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 53 | 73 | 1.4 | 50 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2023 | 44 | 76 | 1.7 | 44 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 33 | 57 | 1.7 | 31 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2021 | 41 | 59 | 1.4 | 39 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 43 | 72 | 1.7 | 40 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 | 48 | 81 | 1.7 | 48 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 109 | 1.8 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 106 | 1.8 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 122 | 2.0 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 111 | 1.9 | 55 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 84 | 1.4 | 40 | 0.67 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Hazelmere Infant School and NurseryThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place
- 0.0 km · EssexGood202238%met the SATs standard
- 0.3 km · EssexGood20232.7applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
- Remains Good20232.2applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · EssexGood20222.3applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 1.2 km · EssexRemains Good20232.2applications per place 59%met the SATs standard
- Remains Good20223.3applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · EssexStandards maintained20251.8applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 114746 · 881/2058
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 156 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3JP
- Local authority
- Essex · Colchester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources