Brinkley Grove Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Colchester, Essex·CO4 9GF
Composite score
56.4
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#5,008
National rank
#515
In East of England
#148
In Essex
Top 34%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
76%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
40 first choices, 41 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
96
any preference, for 41 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7620220.8520230.9620240.8320250.982026

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

Every child who put Brinkley Grove Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
5–11
Pupils on roll
426
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
26.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
29.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,960
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Brinkley Grove Primary School

Brinkley Grove Primary School is a primary school in Colchester, Essex, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. Around 426 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. 76% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well 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 34% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Brinkley Grove Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 41 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 24.5 pupils per teacher. Brinkley Grove Primary School 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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