Broomgrove Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Colchester · CO7 9QB · Essex
Ages 7–11
- KS275%
- Absence6.2%
- FSM19.8%
0.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 115261
Millfields Primary School
Foundation school · Colchester · CO7 9RD
Ages 4–11 · 217 pupils · Essex
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
76%
Overall absence
4.9%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-03-25
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)76%
Higher standard (RWM)24%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.7%
Unauthorised1.0%
- Authorised absence
- 3.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 223
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill100%
217 pupils · 218 places
- Pupils on roll
- 217
- Boys / girls
- 105 / 112
- School capacity
- 218
- Capacity fill
- 217 / 218 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 6.5%
- FSM pupils
- 14
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Foundation school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Supported by a trust
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natasha Bennett
Location
- Address
- Bowes Road, Wivenhoe
- Postcode
- CO7 9RD
- Town
- Colchester
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- Urban/rural
- Larger 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 foundation school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Colchester, Essex, 217 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 6.5%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Broomgrove Infant School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Colchester · CO7 9QB · Essex
Ages 4–7
- Absence4.7%
- FSM17.1%
0.8 miles away
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge
Ofsted: Standards maintainedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Colchester · CO5 7HR · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS252%
- Absence5.8%
- FSM19.7%
1.2 miles away
Alresford Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Colchester · CO7 8AU · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS281%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM16.2%
1.4 miles away
Voluntary aided school · Primary
Colchester · CO5 7BN · Essex
Ages 5–11
- KS260%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM20.8%
1.5 miles away
Elmstead Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Colchester · CO7 7YQ · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS273%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM17.1%
1.9 miles away
Old Heath Community Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardCommunity school · Primary
Colchester · CO2 8DD · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS250%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM23.9%
2.0 miles away
Kendall Church of England Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Colchester · CO1 2HH · Essex
Ages 4–11
- KS277%
- Absence4.0%
- FSM20.6%
2.5 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Natasha Bennett
- Telephone
- 01206823044