Voluntary controlled school · Primary
Colchester · CO7 6BZ · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS264%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM8.4%
- Demand1.03
2.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 150533
Ardleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy
Academy converter · Colchester · CO7 7NS
Ages 4–11 · 81 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2022-10-04
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill77%
81 pupils · 105 places
- Pupils on roll
- 81
- Boys / girls
- 45 / 36
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 81 / 105 (77%)
- Free school meals
- 16%
- FSM pupils
- 13
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chelmsford
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: CANONIUM LEARNING TRUST
- Academy trust
- CANONIUM LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Ben Asbridge
Location
- Address
- Colchester Road, Ardleigh
- Postcode
- CO7 7NS
- Town
- Colchester
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Colchester, Essex, 81 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 16%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Chelmsford.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Langham Primary Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Colchester · CO4 5PB · Essex
Ages 4–11
- FSM9.9%
2.1 miles away
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
COLCHESTER · CO4 0HH · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS277%
- Absence3.8%
- FSM6.2%
- Demand0.89
2.5 miles away
Roach Vale Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Colchester · CO4 3YN · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS248%
- Absence6.6%
- FSM41.2%
- Demand1.00
2.6 miles away
Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Colchester · CO4 3EZ · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM40.1%
- Demand0.96
2.6 miles away
Brinkley Grove Primary School
Ofsted: Some aspects not as strongFoundation school · Primary
Colchester · CO4 9GF · Essex
Ages 5–11
- KS275%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM24.8%
- Demand0.96
2.7 miles away
Hazelmere Junior School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Colchester · CO4 3JP · Essex
Ages 7–11
- KS247%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM47.2%
2.7 miles away
Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Colchester · CO4 3JP · Essex
Ages 4–7
- Absence6.0%
- FSM21.2%
- Demand0.96
2.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Ben Asbridge
- Telephone
- 01206230394