Academy sponsor led · Essex

Messing Primary School

4–11Ages
89Pupils
PrimaryPhase
139252URN

School Road, Messing, Colchester, CO5 9TH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 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

4.9per place

2.5 above Essex median (2.4)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Essex

59 applications for 12 places

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

36%met the expected standard

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 10 June 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

Inspection history

10 June 2025
Graded inspection, no overall grade
27 March 2024
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

4.9applications per place, Reception

2.5 above Essex median (2.4) 2.7 above England median (2.2)

59 applications · 12 places offered · 12 named it first

2026 4.9; Essex median median 2.4
2025 4.2; Essex median median 2.4
2024 4.6; Essex median median 2.4
2023 4.7; Essex median median 2.4
2022 4.7; Essex median median 2.4
2021 4.2; Essex median median 2.3
2020 3.8; Essex median median 2.4
2019 4.3; Essex median median 2.5
2018 3.7; Essex median median 2.5
2017 8.3; Essex median median 2.6
2016 4.0; Essex median median 2.8
2015 3.6; Essex median median 2.7
2014 3.4; 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	12	59	4.9	12	1.00
Sep 2025	11	46	4.2	12	1.09
Sep 2024	12	55	4.6	21	1.75
Sep 2023	12	56	4.7	15	1.25
Sep 2022	12	56	4.7	11	0.92
Sep 2021	12	50	4.2	14	1.17
Sep 2020	12	46	3.8	13	1.08
Sep 2019	11	47	4.3	10	0.91
Sep 2018	10	37	3.7	9	0.90
Sep 2017	6	50	8.3	2	0.33
Sep 2016	10	40	4.0	8	0.80
Sep 2015	7	25	3.6	6	0.86
Sep 2014	5	17	3.4	4	0.80

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 55% · Writing 55% · Maths 36% → all three 36% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard36%367th of 387 in Essex

Essex 66% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard55%

Essex 79% England 78%

Higher standard27%

Essex 33% England 33%

Average scaled score 100 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard55%

Essex 76% England 75%

Greater depth27%

Essex 13% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard36%

Essex 78% England 77%

Higher standard27%

Essex 24% England 24%

Average scaled score 96 (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	36%	18%	100	96
2023/24	36%	7%	106	100
2022/23	78%	0%	112	103

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

Messing Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.9applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
Baynards Primary School
1.5 km · Essex

2026

4.2applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Milldene Primary School
1.7 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

2.1applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School
2.4 km · Essex

Remains Good2024

2.4applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Feering Church of England Primary School
2.5 km · Essex

Good2022

3.2applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy
3.0 km · Essex

Good2024

2.3applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Tiptree Heath Primary School
3.1 km · Essex

Standards maintained2024

3.0applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy, Marks Tey
4.8 km · Essex

Remains Good2022

1.8applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Birch Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
5.1 km · Essex

Standards maintained2025

2.0applications per place 55%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: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 139252 · 881/2032
Trust: New Hall Multi Academy Trust
Capacity: 84 pupils · 89 on roll
Free school meals: 16.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2013
Replaced: Messing-Cum-Inworth Primary School (URN 114731)
Address: School Road, Messing, Colchester, CO5 9TH
Local authority: Essex · Colchester

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