Kings Ford Academy
Primary schoolKings Ford Academy is a primary school in Colchester, for pupils aged 7 to 11. It had 152 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 10 June 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- 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, 29% of pupils at Kings Ford Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
2% 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 | 29% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 2% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98 | 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- King's Ford Infant School and NurseryPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade10 m
- Paxman AcademySecondary. Good (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 42.4 (2025/26, provisional)520 m
- Montgomery Primary School, ColchesterPrimary. Improved significantly, March 2025. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 m
- St Michael's Primary School and Nursery, ColchesterPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)810 m
- Gosbecks Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2024. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- Prettygate Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, February 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 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).