Hamilton Primary School
Primary schoolHamilton Primary School is a primary school in Colchester, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 420 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 7 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 79% of pupils at Hamilton Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
10% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 79% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 10% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Colchester Royal Grammar SchoolSecondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 80.9 (2025/26, provisional)540 m
- Colchester Prep & High SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file590 m
- St Benedict's Catholic CollegeSecondary. School remains Good, July 2023. Attainment 8 of 58.4 (2025/26, provisional)860 m
- Colchester County High School for GirlsSecondary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. Attainment 8 of 79.7 (2025/26, provisional)860 m
- St Mary's School for GirlsIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file910 m
- Philip Morant School and CollegeSecondary. Good (overall), September 2023. Attainment 8 of 45.6 (2025/26, provisional)990 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Colchester
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).