Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Essex
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Inadequate | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
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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 entry33 applications · 13 places offered · 13 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.5; Essex median median 2.4
- 2025 2.6; Essex median median 2.4
- 2024 3.1; Essex median median 2.4
- 2023 3.1; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2022 2.8; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2021 5.1; Essex median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2020 3.0; Essex median median 2.4; as the previous school
- 2019 3.3; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2018 3.8; Essex median median 2.5; as the previous school
- 2017 3.7; Essex median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2016 4.1; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2015 3.3; Essex median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.8; Essex median median 2.8; as the previous school
- This school
- Essex median
Dashed bars: as Chappel Church of England Controlled Primary School (URN 115073), 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 | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 13 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 11 | 29 | 2.6 | 11 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 16 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2023 * | 15 | 46 | 3.1 | 14 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 * | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 * | 7 | 36 | 5.1 | 7 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 * | 12 | 36 | 3.0 | 7 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2019 * | 15 | 50 | 3.3 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 12 | 46 | 3.8 | 12 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 * | 15 | 55 | 3.7 | 12 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2016 * | 15 | 62 | 4.1 | 15 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2015 * | 15 | 49 | 3.3 | 17 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 * | 15 | 42 | 2.8 | 14 | 0.93 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 81% · Writing 81% · Maths 75% → all three 63% 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 | 63% | 0% | 105 | 102 |
| 2023/24 | ||||
| 2022/23 |
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
- Chappel CofE Controlled Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolSerious weaknesses Inadequate20222.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
- Remains Good20243.0applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- Serious weaknesses Inadequate20222.7applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 3.5 km · EssexRemains Good20231.9applications per place 54%met the SATs standard
- Remains Good20223.0applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 4.7 km · EssexRemains Good20233.5applications per place 28%met the SATs standard
- 5.2 km · EssexRemains Good20221.8applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
- 5.7 km · SuffolkGood20231.8applications per place 50%met the SATs standard
- 20263.1applications per place 85%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
- 150123 · 881/2189
- Trust
- Life Education Trust
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Capacity
- 105 pupils · 82 on roll
- Free school meals
- 3.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2023
- Replaced
- Chappel Church of England Controlled Primary School (URN 115073)
- Address
- The Street, Chappel, Colchester, CO6 2DD
- Local authority
- Essex · Colchester
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources