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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 5 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 25 June 2019Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry59 applications · 36 places offered · 34 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
- 2025 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2024 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
- 2023 1.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2022 1.3; Essex median median 2.4
- 2021 1.4; Essex median median 2.3
- 2020 1.6; Essex median median 2.4
- 2019 1.3; Essex median median 2.5
- 2018 1.3; Essex median median 2.5
- 2017 1.3; Essex median median 2.6
- 2016 1.1; Essex median median 2.8
- 2015 1.1; Essex median median 2.7
- 2014 1.2; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Essex median
Dashed bars: as Monkwick Infant and Nursery School (URN 114741), the previous school.
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 | 59 | 1.6 | 34 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 40 | 61 | 1.5 | 38 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2024 | 52 | 82 | 1.6 | 52 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 29 | 44 | 1.5 | 27 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 | 59 | 79 | 1.3 | 53 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 | 48 | 65 | 1.4 | 47 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 | 48 | 75 | 1.6 | 42 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2019 | 59 | 74 | 1.3 | 52 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2018 | 57 | 76 | 1.3 | 50 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2017 | 49 | 64 | 1.3 | 42 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2016 | 89 | 100 | 1.1 | 55 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2015 | 88 | 95 | 1.1 | 51 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2014 * | 71 | 84 | 1.2 | 33 | 0.46 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Monkwick Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20251.6applications per place
- 0.1 km · EssexGood202254%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · EssexGood20232.1applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · EssexGood20222.1applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · Essex20263.6applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20254.6applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · EssexImproved significantly20251.6applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20253.1applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 2.0 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 140735 · 881/2053
- Trust
- The Sigma Trust
- Capacity
- 204 pupils · 149 on roll
- Free school meals
- 31.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 April 2014
- Replaced
- Monkwick Infant and Nursery School (URN 114741)
- Address
- School Road, Monkwick, Colchester, CO2 8NN
- Local authority
- Essex · Colchester
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