Old Heath Community Primary School
Old Heath Road, Colchester, CO2 8DD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Mitchelson
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 209
- URN
- 114710
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01206794334
About this school
Old Heath Community Primary School is a community primary school in Colchester. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 209 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 70% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 13% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 73% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 87% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 47% | 83% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Old Heath Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 70% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 70% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 209 |
| 2023/24 | 209 |
| 2024/25 | 213 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Old Heath Community Primary School compares
Old Heath Community Primary School ranked 152nd of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 70% | 4.4% | 22.1% | 209 | — |
| Kendall Church of England Primary School | 72% | 4.3% | 20.1% | 209 | 0.6 miles |
| Monkwick Infant and Nursery School | — | 7.7% | 30% | 149 | 1.0 miles |
| Monkwick Junior School | 54% | 6.1% | 47.3% | 234 | 1.0 miles |
| St. George's School | 56% | 7.9% | 37.1% | 609 | 1.0 miles |
| St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge | 63% | 5.3% | 20.2% | 223 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.07%
- English as an additional language
- 15%
- Overall absence
- 4.41%
- Persistent absence
- 10%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kendall Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
Monkwick Infant and Nursery School1.0 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
Monkwick Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
St. George's School1.0 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge1.2 miles
Primary · Colchester
Other schools in Colchester
Old Heath Community Primary School ranks 25th of the 66 ranked primary schools in Colchester.
- Alresford Primary School Primary
- Ardleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Baynards Primary School Primary
- Birch Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Boxted St Peter's Church of England School Primary
- Braiswick Primary School Primary
- Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Brinkley Grove Primary School Primary
- Broomgrove Infant School Primary
- Broomgrove Junior School Primary
- Camulos Academy Primary
- Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Old Heath Community Primary School teach?
- Old Heath Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Colchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Old Heath Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Old Heath Community Primary School is Mrs Amanda Mitchelson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Old Heath Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Old Heath Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Old Heath Community Primary School?
- Old Heath Community Primary School has 209 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Old Heath Community Primary School full?
- Old Heath Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 209 on roll (100%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Old Heath Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Old Heath Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Old Heath Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Old Heath Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Old Heath Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Old Heath Community Primary School rank locally?
- Old Heath Community Primary School ranked 152nd of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 74% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Old Heath Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Old Heath Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Old Heath Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Old Heath Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 15 July 2026.