Home Farm Primary School
Academy converter · Primary
Colchester · CO3 4JL · Essex
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 114707
Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils
Community school · Colchester · CO3 9AS
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 3–11
Pupils
236
Local authority
Essex
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas 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 3–11, in Colchester, Essex, 236 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, special school. Free school meals: 26.3%. SEN provision includes: HI - Hearing Impairment.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 114707
Location
- Address
- Trafalgar Road, Lexden
- Postcode
- CO3 9AS
- Town
- Colchester
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester
- Urban/rural
- Urban: 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
- 236
- Boys / girls
- 121 / 115
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 236 / 210 (112%)
- Free school meals
- 26.3%
- FSM pupils
- 62
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 15 on roll / 18 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Alex Candler
- Telephone
- 01206573519
Official links
Ofsted information
Inspection data is separate from GIAS establishment records.
- Unknown date — School remains Good (Report)