St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester is a state-funded primary school in Colchester, East of England, for pupils aged 2 to 11 for boys and girls. DfE data records 252 pupils on roll and a published capacity of 218.
The latest recorded Ofsted overall judgement is Outstanding (21 Jan 2025). 74% met the expected KS2 standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25. Admissions data records 41 first-preference applications and 30 offers made on national offer day for 2026/27.
Reporting periods vary by source — Methodology.
School admissions data, what the Ofsted report means for you, and how it compares to nearby schools.
Not judged
Based on 21 Jan 2025 · Legacy grading · Open inspection report ↗
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour & attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership & management | Outstanding |
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
| Area | Judgement |
|---|---|
| Overall effectiveness | Outstanding |
| Leadership & management | Outstanding |
Published 5 Mar 2025.
Ofsted legacy grades; compare inspection dates and frameworks.
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| School’s local authority | Essex |
| Applications open | September 2026 |
| Application deadline | 15 January 2027 |
| National offer day | 16 April 2027 |
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Offers made on National Offer Day | 30 |
| First-preference applications | 41 |
| Applications (all preferences) | 94 |
| First-preference offers | 29 |
Source: Published admissions data; follow each measure’s labelled basis, including all preferences where shown.
| Subject | School (expected) | School (higher) | Average score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths | 74% | 19% | — |
| Reading | 94% | 58% | 110 |
| Writing | 81% | 32% | — |
| Maths | 81% | 32% | 106 |
DfE · 2024/25; compare the same year and measure (— unavailable or suppressed).
24.5 pupils per qualified teacher
2025/26 · Full-time equivalent teachers, not class size.
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Authorised absence2024/25 | 3.06% |
| Unauthorised absence2024/25 | 0.64% |
| Group | Pupils |
|---|---|
| White British | 50% |
| White other | 8.3% |
| Mixed | 12.4% |
| Asian | 7.2% |
| Black | 19.1% |
| Other | 1.6% |
DfE school, census, workforce, absence and exclusion data; periods vary, and missing values are not zero.
DfE data; confirm current support with the school's SENCO.
85% would recommend this school
52 responses · Sep 2024 – Sep 2025
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Happy at school | 94% |
| Feels safe | 94% |
| Well behaved pupils | 96% |
| Bullying dealt with | 19% |
| Question | Agree or strongly agree |
|---|---|
| Aware of curriculum | 89% |
| Concerns dealt with | 62% |
| SEND support | 45% |
| High expectations | 78% |
| Child does well | 85% |
| Progress updates | 84% |
| Subject range | 93% |
| Clubs & activities | 98% |
| Personal development | 77% |
View the Ofsted dataset: voluntary responses may not represent all families; separate from Classpot reviews.
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