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Broomgrove Infant School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 158Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 114756URN

Broome Grove, Off Heath Road, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9QB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to Essex median (2.4)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

80 applications for 32 places · 142nd of 363 in Essex
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 14 February 2024Ofsted'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. 14 February 2024
    Graded inspection: Good
  2. 26 January 2022
    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
2.5applications per place, Reception
close to Essex median (2.4) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

80 applications · 32 places offered · 29 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
  2. 2025 2.3; Essex median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.9; Essex median median 2.4
  5. 2022 2.1; Essex median median 2.4
  6. 2021 1.9; Essex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 1.8; Essex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 2.0; Essex median median 2.5
  9. 2018 1.7; Essex median median 2.5
  10. 2017 2.5; Essex median median 2.6
  11. 2016 1.9; Essex median median 2.8
  12. 2015 1.9; Essex median median 2.7
  13. 2014 2.0; Essex median median 2.8
More applications per place than the Essex median in 1 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 202632802.5290.91
Sep 2025441032.3380.86
Sep 2024601081.8400.67
Sep 202344851.9400.91
Sep 202242892.1360.86
Sep 2021591101.9480.81
Sep 202055971.8520.95
Sep 2019521042.0470.90
Sep 2018601031.7460.77
Sep 2017511252.5480.94
Sep 2016601141.9560.93
Sep 2015581091.9520.90
Sep 2014521062.0500.96

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
114756 · 881/2069
Capacity
180 pupils · 158 on roll
Free school meals
17.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Broome Grove, Off Heath Road, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9QB
Local authority
Essex · Colchester

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