Friars Grove Primary School
Primary · Colchester · CO4 0PZ
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 12 July 2023
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408 pupils · 97% of 420 capacity
- School type
- Community school
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 19.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 14.3% of pupils
- SEN support
- 12.8% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1% of pupils
- URN
- 114761
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.84 first-choice applications per place43 places offered · 36 first-choice applications · usually has places
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
59 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
86% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 14% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 22 February 2018: School remains Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.
Nearby schools
- Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery
- Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester
- Roach Vale Primary School
- Highwoods Community Primary School
- Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery
- Hazelmere Junior School
- Colchester Academy