Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils

Community school·Primary school Colchester, Essex·CO3 9AS
Composite score
63.4
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#3,036
National rank
#319
In East of England
#92
In Essex
Top 21%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
17%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
76%
37 first choices, 29 places
First choices per place
1.28
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
92
any preference, for 29 places
Last place offered lived
2.88 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 4633 m
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.24
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8120220.8620230.8320241.0320251.282026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
230
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,743
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils

Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils is a primary school in Colchester, Essex, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 230 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 67% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 1.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 21% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 17% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 37 first choices for 29 places. In 2025 the furthest child offered a place lived 2.88 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 19.1 pupils per teacher. Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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