North Primary School and Nursery

Community school · Primary school · Colchester, Essex
CO1 1RP
Composite score
32.9

School overview

North Primary School and Nursery is a primary school serving Colchester, Essex, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 455 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 47% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 5.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half 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). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). North Primary School and Nursery 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 further down the page.

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#12,818
National rank
#1409
In East of England
#351
In Essex
Top 87%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

School profile

Pupils on roll 455 % FSM ever-6 21.7% % EAL 33.8% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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