Monkwick Junior School

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Colchester, Essex·CO2 8NN
Composite score
35.1
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National rank
#1356
In East of England
#339
In Essex
Top 83%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

School profile

Age range
7–11
Pupils on roll
241
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
47.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
16.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,780
Typical primary: £6,960

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Location

Monkwick Junior School at a glance

Located in Colchester, Essex, Monkwick Junior School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 241 pupils aged 7 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 14.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on 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 102 in reading and 101 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 20.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 47% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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