Primary
The Mayflower Primary School
Main Road, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 4AJ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 356 of 390 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
- Local authority
- Essex
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 17.1
- All staff (FTE)
- 34.0
- Pupils per adult
- 11.0
- Pupils
- 375
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2022
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
May 2018
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
SATs results
48%
6 points below the Harwich average (54% across 5 schools)
108.0
3.6 above the Harwich average (104.4 across 5 schools)
4th of 5 by our score, among the primary schools in Harwich we can score - 7 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 108 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 48% |
| Working at a higher standard | 11% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 62% |
| 23/24 | 67% |
| 24/25 | 48% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 108.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 103.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
Main Road, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 4AJ
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Essex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Executive Head
- Elizabeth Bartholomew
- Address
- Main Road, Dovercourt, Harwich, CO12 4AJ
- Telephone
- 01255502444
Other primary schools nearby
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School5.7/10
- Spring Meadow Primary School & NurseryNot enough data
- All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt6.4/10
- Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery4.7/10
- Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery6.4/10
- St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, RamseyNot enough data