Graded inspection · Jun 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good |
Inspection history
- 10 June 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 22 November 2023Ungraded 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 did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 55% · Writing 55% · Maths 41% → all three 29% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Essex median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 29% | 2% | 102 | 98 |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 0% | 102 | 103 |
| 2022/23 | 44% | 9% | 101 | 102 |
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
- Kings Ford AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade202529%met the SATs standard
- 0.0 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place
- 0.7 km · EssexImproved significantly20251.6applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · EssexRemains Good20242.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · EssexRemains Good · improving202477%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · EssexGood20222.7applications per place
- 1.3 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20253.1applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · EssexGood202254%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 142001 · 881/2131
- Trust
- Inspires MAT
- Capacity
- 240 pupils · 152 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2015
- Replaced
- King's Ford Junior School (URN 114716)
- Address
- Gloucester Avenue, Shrub End, Colchester, CO2 9AZ
- Local authority
- Essex · Colchester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources