Birch Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
School Hill, Birch, Colchester, CO2 0LZ
Local ranking179th of 425 primary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
140
Capacity
5-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 55.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 5.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 73.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 106.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 106.0
- Cohort Size
- 22
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 131
- Boys
- 73 (56%)
- Girls
- 58 (44%)
- Capacity
- 140 (94% full)
- SEND
- 25.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.4%
- EAL
- 2.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.8%
- SEN Support
- 24.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,353/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.1%
- White Other: 2.3%
- Other: 2.3%
- White Irish: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
89.8%
White British
3.1%
Mixed White & Asian
2.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 115138
- UKPRN
- 10070987
- Establishment No.
- 3309