Old Heath Community Primary SchoolMonkwick Junior School

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

Summary of the comparison

Old Heath Community Primary School and Monkwick Junior School are primary schools in Colchester.

  • Old Heath Community Primary School scores 43 out of 100 (grade D, below average) and Monkwick Junior School scores 38 out of 100 (grade F, weak). Old Heath Community Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Old Heath Community Primary School was judged the expected standard and Monkwick Junior School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 70.0% for Old Heath Community Primary School and 54.0% for Monkwick Junior School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Old Heath Community Primary School (50.0% in 2022-23, 70.0% in 2024-25) and has risen at Monkwick Junior School (45.0% in 2022-23, 54.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Old Heath Community Primary School versus Monkwick Junior School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure ColchesterOld Heath Community Primary SchoolColchesterMonkwick Junior SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreD43/100Stronger figureF38/100
Local ranking342nd of 430 in Essex Stronger figure363rd of 430 in Essex
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Academy sponsor led
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 7-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll209 234
Capacity210 360
LocationColchester, CO2 8DD Colchester, CO2 8NN
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard70.0% Stronger figure54.0% 62.0%
At higher standard7.0% Stronger figure0.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 Stronger figure102.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score108.0 Stronger figure101.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census213 241
Free school meals (ever 6)22.1% 47.3%
English as an additional language15.0% 16.2%
SEN support9.4% 15.8%
SEN with an EHC plan4.2% 4.2%
Attendance
Overall absence4.4% Stronger figure6.1% 6.2%
Persistent absence10.0% Stronger figure14.7% 15.8%

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.

Old Heath Community Primary School

Monkwick Junior School

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