Academy converter · Primary
Colchester · CO7 7YQ · Essex
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenURN 143589
Market Field School
Academy special converter · Colchester · CO7 7ET
Age range
Ages 5–19
Pupils
519
Local authority
Essex
Age range
Ages 5–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
3 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas 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 academy special converter, Ages 5–19, in Colchester, Essex, 519 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, special school. Free school meals: 44.5%. SEN provision includes: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 5–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 143589
Location
- Address
- School Road, Elmstead Market
- Postcode
- CO7 7ET
- 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
- 519
- Boys / girls
- 376 / 143
- School capacity
- 225
- Capacity fill
- 519 / 225 (231%)
- Free school meals
- 44.5%
- FSM pupils
- 175
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: HOPE LEARNING COMMUNITY
- Academy trust
- HOPE LEARNING COMMUNITY
- Sponsor
- Hope Learning Community
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- SEN unit
- SEN unit places
- 510 on roll / 325 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ruth Whitehead
- Telephone
- 01206825195
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
Good
Inspection date
2019-10-16
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 1.7
- English & maths grade 5+
- 0%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 0%
- EBacc entry
- 0%
- EBacc APS
- 0.0
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 0%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 0%