Primary
Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West Bergholt
New Church Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JF
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 411 of 420 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
- Local authority
- Essex
- Religious character
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Chelmsford
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 18.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 36.0
- Pupils per adult
- 11.6
- Pupils
- 416
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 April 2024
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
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
86%
22 points above the Colchester average (64% across 66 schools)
110.0
3.9 above the Colchester average (106.1 across 66 schools)
4th of 66 by our score, among the primary schools in Colchester we can score - 73 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 | 110 |
| Average reading score | 110 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 86% |
| Working at a higher standard | 24% |
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 | 74% |
| 23/24 | 74% |
| 24/25 | 86% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 107.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 110.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 110.0 |
New Church Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JF
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
- Darryl Crawley
- Address
- New Church Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JF
- Telephone
- 01206240288
Other primary schools nearby
- The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary School6.3/10
- Braiswick Primary School6.4/10
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham6.8/10
- Myland Community Primary School6.6/10
- Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils6.7/10
- Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School2.8/10