Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Colchester, CO4 3JP
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Unity Primary Academy
Hickory Avenue, Greenstead, Colchester, CO4 3QJ
Local ranking348th of 430 primary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 10 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 70.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 8.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 77.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 72.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 79.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 64.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 101.0
- Cohort Size
- 61
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 449
- Boys
- 234 (52%)
- Girls
- 215 (48%)
- Capacity
- 420 (107% full)
- SEND
- 23.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 50.6%
- EAL
- 35.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 22.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 20.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,573/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 43.2%
- Black African: 24.1%
- Other: 5.8%
- White Other: 4.7%
- Mixed Other: 4.7%
- Asian Indian: 4.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 2.5%
43.2%
White British
24.1%
Black African
5.8%
Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Hickory Avenue
Colchester, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 141113
- UKPRN
- 10046599
- Establishment No.
- 2107
- Trust
- REACH2 ACADEMY TRUST
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