Baynards Primary School
Townsend Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0ND
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Judith Dale
- Constituency
- Witham
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 98
- URN
- 114767
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01621817261
About this school
Baynards Primary School is a community primary school in Colchester. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 98 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected 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 | 11 | 15 | 15 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 73% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 55% | 80% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 36% | 87% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 36% | 73% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - | - |
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 Baynards 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 | 27% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 103 |
| 2023/24 | 106 |
| 2024/25 | 98 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Baynards Primary School compares
Baynards Primary School ranked 182nd of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 5.4% | 44.9% | 98 | — |
| Milldene Primary School | 77% | 6.9% | 23% | 185 | 0.5 miles |
| St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School | 68% | 3.7% | 10.6% | 267 | 0.7 miles |
| Messing Primary School | 36% | 5.4% | 19.3% | 89 | 0.9 miles |
| Tiptree Heath Primary School | 47% | 6.6% | 9.6% | 198 | 1.0 miles |
| Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy | 72% | 5.6% | 12.3% | 464 | 1.9 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
-
Graded inspection report24 February 2026
- 20 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.9%
- English as an additional language
- 9.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.39%
- Persistent absence
- 10.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Milldene Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
Messing Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
Tiptree Heath Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy1.9 miles
Primary · Colchester
Other schools in Colchester
Baynards Primary School ranks 31st of the 66 ranked primary schools in Colchester.
- Alresford Primary School Primary
- Ardleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy 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
- Cherry Tree Academy Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Baynards Primary School teach?
- Baynards Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Colchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Baynards Primary School?
- The headteacher of Baynards Primary School is Mrs Judith Dale, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Baynards Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Baynards 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 Baynards Primary School?
- Baynards Primary School has 98 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Baynards Primary School full?
- Baynards Primary School has capacity for 105 pupils and 98 on roll (93%), so it has space against 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 Baynards Primary School a faith school?
- No. Baynards Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Baynards Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Baynards Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Baynards Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 27% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Baynards Primary School rank locally?
- Baynards Primary School ranked 182nd of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Baynards Primary School's absence rate?
- Baynards Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Baynards Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Baynards 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 30 June 2026.