Lexden Springs School
Special / other · Colchester · CO3 0PZ
Data updated
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.
Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, serious weaknesses, at the inspection of 30 January 2024. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.
Inspected 30 January 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
301 pupils · 104% of 290 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)
- School type
- Academy special sponsor led
- Age range
- 3–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 63% of pupils (January 2026)
- English as additional language
- 9.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
- SEN support
- 0% of pupils (2024/2025)
- EHC plan
- 100% of pupils (2024/2025)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- https://lexdensprings.co.uk/
- URN
- 151484
In figures
Ofsted last graded it Inadequate on 30 January 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
No figure is published for reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Key stage 2 tests measure the age-11 curriculum; most pupils at special schools are assessed under other frameworks, so 97% of special schools publish 0% here.
GCSE results (2024/2025)
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Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means National averages are not shown here. The England figures are dominated by mainstream schools, and pupils at a special school are working towards outcomes those measures were not designed to capture, so the comparison would mislead more than it tells you.
Special educational needs
Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.
- Severe Learning Difficulty
- Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
Provision type: Resourced provision.
Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)
White British 69% (Essex 80%, England 66%) · Any other White background 5% (Essex 3%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 5% (Essex 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Essex 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Essex 1%, England 2%) · Black African 3% (Essex 3%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Essex 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 2% (Essex 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Essex 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Essex 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Essex 1%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Essex 1%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Essex 0%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Essex 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Essex 1%, England 2%)
Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures
Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)
Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)
0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, special schools: 12.32 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Essex: 9.81 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Vacancies (November 2025)
0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, special schools and PRUs: 0.68% vacant, 1.02% temporary
Teacher pay (November 2025)
Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,315; 15% on the leadership pay range · England, special schools and PRUs: £53,604, 18.3%
Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted
The area around the school
- Child poverty (IDACI)
- 8/10less deprived than most of England
- Overall deprivation (IMD)
- 5/10around the middle for England
| Census 2021 | This area | England |
|---|---|---|
| Adults with a degree or higher | 24.4% | 33.9% |
| Adults with no qualifications | 21.3% | 18.1% |
| In managerial or professional work | 32.2% | 33.2% |
| Households deprived in two or more ways | 23.4% | 18.1% |
| Residents in very good health | 41.9% | 48.5% |
| Homes owned by the occupier | 58.3% | 62.3% |
| Social housing | 29.5% | 17.1% |
| Privately rented | 12.1% | 20.5% |
| Detached houses | 34.4% | 22.9% |
| Flats | 27.3% | 22.2% |
| Homes with four or more bedrooms | 19.9% | 21.1% |
| Households with no car or van | 25.7% | 23.5% |
These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01021720 · how to read area figures
What homes cost nearby
- Median sale price
- £330,000434 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
- Typical range
- £276,000–£409,000the middle half of sales
- England median
- £300,000all sales over the same period
Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.
Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Roads around the school
- Child pedestrian casualties
- 1an urban school averages 2.0
- Collisions at school-run times
- 3an urban school averages 5.7
- All reported collisions
- 13an urban school averages 30.5
- Of those, serious or fatal
- 3an urban school averages 6.1
A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted