Primary
Highfields Primary School
Colchester Road, Lawford, Manningtree, CO11 2BN
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 320 of 315 places
- Local authority
- Essex
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2022
Outstanding
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)SATs results
74%
106.0
1st of 4 by our score, among the primary schools in Manningtree we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 106 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 74% |
| Working at a higher standard | 9% |
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 | 76% |
| 23/24 | 82% |
| 24/25 | 74% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 108.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 110.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
Colchester Road, Lawford, Manningtree, CO11 2BN
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
- Headteacher
- Tara Marshall
- Address
- Colchester Road, Lawford, Manningtree, CO11 2BN
- Telephone
- 01206392223
Other primary schools nearby
- Lawford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School7.0/10
- Brooklands Primary School6.9/10
- Stourview Church of England Primary AcademyNot enough data
- Dedham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School7.5/10
- Bradfield Primary School6.3/10
- East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School6.7/10