Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School
Primary · Colchester · CO6 2DD
Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system
This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.
Inspected 22 November 2022
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
82 pupils · 78% of 105 capacity
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 3.7% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 0% of pupils
- SEN support
- 11.2% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 0% of pupils
- URN
- 150123
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
1.00 first-choice applications per place13 places offered · 13 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
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)
16 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)
91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% 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, academy 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.
Nearby schools
- Great Tey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School
- Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham
- Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy, Marks Tey
- Doucecroft School
- Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School