Messing Primary School
School Road, Messing, Colchester, CO5 9TH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- NEW HALL MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Charlotte Brown
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- New Hall Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Witham
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 84
- Pupils on roll
- 89
- URN
- 139252
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01621815415
About this school
Messing Primary School is a primary academy in Colchester. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 89 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 9 | 14 | 11 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 36% | 36% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% | 18% |
| Expected standard in reading | 100% | 71% | 55% |
| Expected standard in maths | 100% | 43% | 36% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 78% | 64% | 55% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112.0 | 106.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 100.0 | 96.0 |
| Reading progress | +6.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.80 | - | - |
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 Messing 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 | 78% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 36% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 36% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 79 |
| 2023/24 | 87 |
| 2024/25 | 88 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Messing Primary School compares
Messing Primary School ranked 368th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% 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 | 36% | 5.4% | 19.3% | 89 | — |
| Baynards Primary School | 67% | 5.4% | 44.9% | 98 | 0.9 miles |
| Milldene Primary School | 77% | 6.9% | 23% | 185 | 1.1 miles |
| St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School | 68% | 3.7% | 10.6% | 267 | 1.5 miles |
| Feering Church of England Primary School | 72% | 4.4% | 8.8% | 147 | 1.6 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.32%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 5.36%
- Persistent absence
- 7.89%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Baynards Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
Milldene Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
Feering Church of England Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Colchester
-
Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy1.9 miles
Primary · Colchester
Other schools in Colchester
Messing Primary School ranks 65th 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 Messing Primary School teach?
- Messing Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Colchester.
- Who is the headteacher of Messing Primary School?
- The headteacher of Messing Primary School is Ms Charlotte Brown, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Messing Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Messing 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 Messing Primary School?
- Messing Primary School has 89 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Messing Primary School full?
- Messing Primary School has capacity for 84 pupils and 89 on roll (106%), 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 Messing Primary School a faith school?
- No. Messing Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Messing Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Messing Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Messing Primary School?
- Messing Primary School is part of NEW HALL MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Messing Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% in 2022/23 and 36% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Messing Primary School rank locally?
- Messing Primary School ranked 368th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 9% 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 Messing Primary School's absence rate?
- Messing 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 Messing Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Messing 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 1 July 2026.