Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired PupilsHome Farm Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Colchester.

Summary of the comparison

Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils and Home Farm Primary School are primary schools in Colchester.

  • Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils scores 52 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Home Farm Primary School scores 76 out of 100 (grade B, strong). Home Farm Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils was judged Good and Home Farm Primary School was judged strong.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 67.0% for Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils and 75.0% for Home Farm Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils (59.0% in 2022-23, 67.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Home Farm Primary School (77.0% in 2022-23, 75.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils versus Home Farm Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ColchesterLexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired PupilsColchesterHome Farm Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD52/100B76/100Stronger figure
Local ranking265th of 430 in Essex 26th of 430 in Essex Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: StrongStronger figure
School typeCommunity school Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll230 424
Capacity210 420
LocationColchester, CO3 9AS Colchester, CO3 4JL
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard67.0% 75.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard17.0% Stronger figure13.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score105.0 106.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 107.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census230 424
Free school meals (ever 6)31.5% 6.4%
English as an additional language14.8% 8.7%
SEN support16.5% 9.7%
SEN with an EHC plan8.7% 2.8%
Attendance
Overall absence4.3% 3.8% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence8.0% 6.6% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils

Home Farm Primary School

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