St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester
State-Funded School
Academic PerformanceAbout the School
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester 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 210 pupils.
Ofsted Rating
9
2022
Subject Areas
Leadership &management
Good
Academic Performance
Above average
Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24
- Reading, writing & maths
- 77%
- Higher standard
- 3%
- Reading score
- 107
- Maths score
- 106
Ethnicity
Pupils
Total Pupils
55%Boys
45%GirlsPupil Characteristics
DfE school census, January 2026.
Key Information
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4 – 11
- Deprivation band
- Less deprived
- Total pupils
- 210
- IDACI quintile
- 2 (More deprived)
Inspection history
Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.
School remains Good
Ungraded inspection on 5 October 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.
Read the inspection letter on Ofsted| Report published | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jun 2013 | 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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