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Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery

Colchester, CO4 3JPPrimaryAges 4–7MixedState
Ofsted Inspection
Ofsted inspected
3 Good · 2 Requires improvement
Jun 2025
KS2 Results
No data
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
37 1st-choice / 39 places
Ranking
Not ranked

About Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery

Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery sits in Colchester, part of the Essex local authority, and its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2025 rated it Requires Improvement overall, a notable drop from its previous Good rating in 2014. For a primary school serving children aged 4 to 7, this places it below the typical standard for the area — Essex has 33 outstanding primary schools out of 444 total, and the nearest outstanding school, St Thomas More's Catholic Primary, is just 2.2 km away. The school's leadership and management were also graded as Requires Improvement, though early years provision, personal development, and behaviour and attitudes all held at Good. With 171 pupils against a capacity of 180, it is nearly full, and 30.7 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average and suggests a community with higher-than-average disadvantage.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 7 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressHawthorn Avenue, Colchester, Colchester, CO4 3JP
HeadteacherSteven Turnbull
Local AuthorityEssex
Number of Pupils171
Free School Meals (FSM)30.7%
School Capacity171 / 180 (95% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

3 Jun 2025
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Quality of Education
Requires improvement
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Requires improvement
Early Years Provision
Good

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer assigns a single overall grade in inspections of state-funded schools.

Source: Ofsted, 10 Jul 2025. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

Facilities

6
LibrarySports HallDining HallPlaying FieldsSensory RoomChapel

Facilities may vary. Contact the school for current availability.

Extracurriculars

12

Sports

DanceSwimmingRoundersNetballTennisGymnastics

Clubs & Activities

ChoirEco ClubChessFilm ClubArt ClubCoding

Activities may vary by term. Contact the school for current offerings.

SEND Support

AutismMental HealthSpeech & LanguagePhysicalLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

Verified

Teaching hours

08:55 – 15:15

Source: hazelmere-inf.essex.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery

Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery has been rated "Requires Improvement" by Ofsted. This means the school is not yet good, but inspectors believe it can improve with the right support and changes.