Colneis Junior School
Colneis Road, Felixstowe, IP11 9HH
This school is closed (it closed in December 2025).
It was replaced by Colneis Junior School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Acting Headteacher
- Mr Mark Girling
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 347
- URN
- 124624
- Local authority
- Suffolk
About this school
Colneis Junior School was a community primary school in Felixstowe. It taught children aged 7 to 11 and had 347 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Colneis Junior School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 88 | 85 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 61% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 8% | 13% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 81% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 76% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 76% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.30 | - | - |
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 Colneis Junior 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 | Suffolk average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 54.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 55.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 57.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 355 |
| 2023/24 | 349 |
| 2024/25 | 347 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Colneis Junior School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 4.6% | 21% | 347 | — |
| Colneis Junior School | — | — | — | 343 | 0.0 miles |
| Kingsfleet Primary School | 52% | 5.5% | 18.8% | 185 | 0.4 miles |
| Fairfield Infant School | — | — | — | 294 | 0.4 miles |
| Felix Primary School | 32% | 8.4% | 40% | 201 | 1.1 miles |
| Grange Community Primary School | 57% | 7.1% | 28.3% | 160 | 1.4 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.04%
- English as an additional language
- 9.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.59%
- Persistent absence
- 9.07%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Colneis Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
-
Kingsfleet Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
-
Fairfield Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
-
Felix Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
-
Grange Community Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Felixstowe
Other schools in Felixstowe
- Colneis Junior School Primary
- Fairfield Infant School Primary
- Felix Primary School Primary
- Grange Community Primary School Primary
- Kingsfleet Primary School Primary
- Langer Primary Academy Primary
- Trimley St Martin Primary School Primary
- Trimley St Mary Primary School Primary
- Felixstowe School Secondary
- Felixstowe International College Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Colneis Junior School teach?
- Colneis Junior School taught children aged 7 to 11. It was a primary school in Felixstowe.
- Has Colneis Junior School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Colneis Junior 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 many pupils are at Colneis Junior School?
- Colneis Junior School had 347 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- How have Colneis Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% 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.
- What are Colneis Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Colneis Junior 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 2025.