Foundation school · Essex

Millfields Primary School

4–11Ages
217Pupils
PrimaryPhase
115261URN

Bowes Road, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9RD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.8per place

0.4 above Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

83 applications for 30 places · 105th of 363 in Essex

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

47%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 25 March 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
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

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

2.8applications per place, Reception

0.4 above Essex median (2.4) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

83 applications · 30 places offered · 29 named it first

2026 2.8; Essex median median 2.4
2025 3.5; Essex median median 2.4
2024 4.0; Essex median median 2.4
2023 3.4; Essex median median 2.4
2022 3.5; Essex median median 2.4
2021 4.1; Essex median median 2.3
2020 3.2; Essex median median 2.4
2019 3.9; Essex median median 2.5
2018 4.2; Essex median median 2.5
2017 2.4; Essex median median 2.6
2016 3.8; Essex median median 2.8
2015 3.4; Essex median median 2.7
2014 3.3; Essex median median 2.8

More applications per place than the Essex median in 12 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	30	83	2.8	29	0.97
Sep 2025	30	104	3.5	31	1.03
Sep 2024	30	120	4.0	49	1.63
Sep 2023	30	101	3.4	34	1.13
Sep 2022	30	105	3.5	30	1.00
Sep 2021	30	123	4.1	47	1.57
Sep 2020	30	96	3.2	34	1.13
Sep 2019	30	118	3.9	37	1.23
Sep 2018	30	125	4.2	49	1.63
Sep 2017	57	136	2.4	52	0.91
Sep 2016	30	113	3.8	34	1.13
Sep 2015	30	102	3.4	36	1.20
Sep 2014	30	100	3.3	33	1.10

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 84% · Writing 50% · Maths 78% → all three 47% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard47%331st of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard84%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard50%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard50%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth13%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard78%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard34%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Essex median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	47%	6%	110	108
2023/24	72%	14%	108	105
2022/23	76%	24%	109	109

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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

Millfields Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.8applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Broomgrove Infant School
1.3 km · Essex

Good2024

2.5applications per place
Broomgrove Junior School
1.3 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

47%met the SATs standard
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge
1.9 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

1.6applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Alresford Primary School
2.2 km · Essex

Remains Good2023

3.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
2.4 km · Essex

Good2023

3.5applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
Elmstead Primary School
3.1 km · Essex

2026

3.9applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Old Heath Community Primary School
3.2 km · Essex

2026

3.6applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Kendall Church of England Primary School
4.0 km · Essex

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard

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: Foundation school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 115261 · 881/5221
Capacity: 218 pupils · 217 on roll
Free school meals: 6.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Bowes Road, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9RD
Local authority: Essex · Colchester

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