Foundation school · Primary
Colchester · CO7 9RD · Essex
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
1.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 114734
Alresford Primary School
Community school · Colchester · CO7 8AU
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
216
Local authority
Essex
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Colchester, Essex, 216 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 16.2%.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 114734
Location
- Address
- Ford Lane, Alresford
- Postcode
- CO7 8AU
- Town
- Colchester
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- Urban/rural
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 216
- Boys / girls
- 111 / 105
- School capacity
- 240
- Capacity fill
- 216 / 240 (90%)
- Free school meals
- 16.2%
- FSM pupils
- 35
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sarah Bryson
- Telephone
- 01206822731
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2023-07-27
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 81%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 9%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0