King's Ford Infant School and Nursery
Ofsted: Good
Score
C68
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Colchester, CO2 9AZ
- Distance
- 0.0km away
Kings Ford Academy
Gloucester Avenue, Shrub End, Colchester, CO2 9AZ
Local ranking247th of 430 primary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
240
Capacity
7-11
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
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 29.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 2.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 55.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 55.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 41.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 53.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 102.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 98.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 101.0
- Cohort Size
- 58
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 169
- Boys
- 97 (57%)
- Girls
- 72 (43%)
- Capacity
- 240 (70% full)
- SEND
- 19.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.7%
- EAL
- 20.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 16.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,059/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 53.9%
- Black African: 12.6%
- White Other: 7.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.2%
- Other: 4.2%
- Mixed Other: 3.0%
- Black Caribbean: 3.0%
- Black Other: 3.0%
53.9%
White British
12.6%
Black African
7.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Gloucester Avenue
Colchester, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 142001
- UKPRN
- 10049514
- Establishment No.
- 2131
- Trust
- INSPIRES MAT
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