Lexden Springs School
Winstree Road, Colchester, CO3 0PZ
This school is closed (it closed in December 2024).
It was replaced by Lexden Springs School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jennifer Grotier
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Witham
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 290
- Pupils on roll
- 282
- URN
- 115475
- Local authority
- Essex
About this school
Lexden Springs School was a community special school in Colchester. It taught children aged 3 to 19 and had 282 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Lexden Springs School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
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 | 22 | 21 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
| Reading progress | -6.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -6.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.60 | - | - |
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.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lexden Springs 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 | 0% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 278 |
| 2023/24 | 282 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 55.6%
- English as an additional language
- 8.5%
- Overall absence
- 9.1%
- Persistent absence
- 29.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lexden Springs School0.0 miles
Academies · Colchester
-
Holmwood House School0.7 miles
Independent schools · Colchester
-
Doucecroft School1.0 miles
Special schools · Colchester
-
St Mary's School for Girls1.6 miles
Independent schools · Colchester
-
Kingswode Hoe School1.7 miles
Academies · Colchester
Other schools in Colchester
- Doucecroft School Special schools
- Kingswode Hoe School Academies
- Langham Oaks Academies
- Lexden Springs School Academies
- Market Field School Academies
- North East Essex Co-operative Academy Academies
- The St Aubyn Centre Education Department Local authority maintained schools
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Lexden Springs School teach?
- Lexden Springs School taught children aged 3 to 19. It was a special school in Colchester.
- Has Lexden Springs School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Lexden Springs School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Lexden Springs School?
- Lexden Springs School had 282 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- How have Lexden Springs School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Lexden Springs School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lexden Springs 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 31 December 2024.