Highwoods Community Primary School
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
Highwoods Community Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Essex, East of England.
The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 453 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
9
2024
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Early yearsprovision
Good
Academic Performance
Well above average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 81%
- Higher standard
- 26%
- Reading score
- 108
- Maths score
- 109
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
52%Boys
48%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Average
- Total pupils
- 453
- IDACI quintile
- 3 (Average)
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.
School remains Good (Improving)
Ungraded inspection on 14 June 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.
Read the inspection letter on Ofsted| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 2015 | Good | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Not reported in this inspection | Good |
A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.
Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.
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