Gosbecks Primary School, Colchester

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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Gosbecks Primary School

Owen Ward Close, Shrub End, Gosbecks Primary School, Colchester CO2 9DG

https://www.gosbecks.co.uk/

Gosbecks Primary School is a primary school maintained by the local authority (Essex). It has about 280 boys and girls aged between 5 and 11. In May 2018 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Environment, Finances, Representation and Attainment. Relative weaknesses include Admissions.

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0.7		St Michael's Primary School and Nursery, Colchester
0.9		Montgomery Junior School, Colchester
0.9		Montgomery Infant School and Nursery, Colchester
1.0		St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester
1.1		Home Farm Primary School
1.1		Stanway Fiveways Primary School
1.2		Hamilton Primary School
1.3		Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils

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Environment: Excellent. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very low, while crime is quite low.

Finances: Excellent. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix is in balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is slightly out of balance with the local community.

Attainment: About average. Maths, reading and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) attainment are all about average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Disadvantaged pupils: About average. Progress in maths is below average. Progress in reading is above average. Progress in writing is about average.

Attendance: About average. Pupil absence rates are quite high and the incidence of persistent absence is roughly average.

Progress: About average. Progress in maths is below average, in reading it is below average and in writing it is above average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)

Admissions: Below average. The occupancy rate is quite high.

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