Primary
Kings Ford Academy
Gloucester Avenue, Shrub End, Colchester, CO2 9AZ
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 152 of 240 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
- Local authority
- Essex
- Trust
- INSPIRES MAT
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 15.0
- Pupils per adult
- 13.2
- Pupils
- 197
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 June 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- 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 inspections2
November 2023
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)June 2018
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
SATs results
29%
35 points below the Colchester average (64% across 66 schools)
102.0
4.1 below the Colchester average (106.1 across 66 schools)
63rd 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 | 98 |
| Average reading score | 102 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 29% |
| Working at a higher standard | 2% |
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 | 44% |
| 23/24 | 52% |
| 24/25 | 29% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 101.0 |
| 23/24 | 102.0 |
| 24/25 | 102.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 102.0 |
| 23/24 | 103.0 |
| 24/25 | 98.0 |
Gloucester Avenue, Shrub End, Colchester, CO2 9AZ
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
- Karen Jackson
- Address
- Gloucester Avenue, Shrub End, Colchester, CO2 9AZ
- Telephone
- 01206573807