Queen Boudica Primary School

Community school·Primary school Colchester, Essex·CO4 5XT
Composite score
46.4
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#8,648
National rank
#928
In East of England
#247
In Essex
Top 58%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
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%
49 first choices, 53 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
118
any preference, for 53 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220220.9220231.0020240.9820250.932026

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

Every child who put Queen Boudica 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
407
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
17.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
31.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,536
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Queen Boudica Primary School at a glance

Located in Colchester, Essex, Queen Boudica Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 407 pupils aged 4 to 11. 66% 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 fallen by 2.0 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 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% 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 Queen Boudica Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 53 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 22.2 pupils per teacher. Queen Boudica 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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