Brinkley Grove Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Colchester, CO4 9GF
- Distance
- 0.6km away
Highwoods Community Primary School
Tynedale Square, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9SN
Local ranking122nd of 430 primary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
450
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 14 June 2024.
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 78.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 24.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 84.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 86.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 107.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 108.0
- Cohort Size
- 63
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 447
- Boys
- 234 (52%)
- Girls
- 219 (48%)
- Capacity
- 450 (101% full)
- SEND
- 22.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.6%
- EAL
- 21.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.9%
- SEN Support
- 19.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 24.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,982/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 7.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- 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: 65.2%
- White Other: 9.5%
- Asian Indian: 5.9%
- Other: 4.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Black African: 2.9%
- Asian Chinese: 2.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
65.2%
White British
9.5%
White Other
5.9%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Tynedale Square
Colchester, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 139462
- UKPRN
- 10040821
- Establishment No.
- 2424
- Trust
- HIGHWOODS COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL
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