Old Heath Community Primary School is a primary school located in Colchester. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 23/03/2012. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.9%, which is 0.1 percentage points higher than the UK average.

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Old Heath Road, Colchester

School Information

Address: Old Heath Road, Colchester, CO2 8DD
Website: www.oldheath.com/
Telephone: 01206794334
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Amanda Mitchelson
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 114710

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 23/03/2012

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 210
Number of Pupils: 208
Number of Boys: 92
Number of Girls: 116

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 8.7% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.9 Confidence interval -1.4 to 3.1
Writing
Average: 0 Confidence interval -2.1 to 2
Maths
Average: -0.2 Confidence interval -2.1 to 1.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:70%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:10%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:105
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Old Heath Community Primary School
Old Heath Road , CO2 8DD 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Kendall Church of England Primary School
Recreation Road , CO1 2HH 		3out of 4 1,053 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Monkwick Infant and Nursery School
School Road , Monkwick CO2 8NN 		3out of 4 1,682 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Monkwick Junior School
School Road , CO2 8NN 		2out of 4 1,768 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St. George's School
Canterbury Road , CO2 7RU 		3out of 4 1,805 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Thomas Lord Audley School
Monkwick Avenue , Monkwick CO2 8NJ 		3out of 4 1,829 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Colchester Academy
Hawthorn Avenue , CO4 3JL 		3out of 4 3,087 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park , CO4 3SQ 		- not rated 1,471 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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