St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School PebmarshEarls Colne Primary School and Nursery

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh and Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery are primary schools.

  • St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery scores 51 out of 100 (grade D, below average). St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh is ahead on our composite score.

  • St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh was judged Good and Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery 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 50.0% for St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh and 54.0% for Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh (54.0% in 2022-23, 50.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery (63.0% in 2022-23, 54.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh versus Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure HalsteadSt John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School PebmarshColchesterEarls Colne Primary School and NurseryEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC60/100Stronger figureD51/100
Local ranking174th of 430 in Essex Stronger figure279th of 430 in Essex
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeVoluntary aided school Foundation school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range5-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll78 407
Capacity105 420
LocationHalstead, CO9 2NH Colchester, CO6 2RH
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard50.0% 54.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard10.0% Stronger figure4.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure103.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure101.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census78 407
Free school meals (ever 6)17.9% 13.5%
English as an additional language1.3% 2.5%
SEN support33.3% 13.8%
SEN with an EHC plan5.1% 2.0%
Attendance
Overall absence5.1% Stronger figure5.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence15.0% 9.6% 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.

St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh

Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery

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