# Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils

Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils is a primary school in Colchester, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 236 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E114707. [Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/colchester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 236
- Council: Colchester
- URN: 114707

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, July 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 12 July 2023
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 67% of pupils at Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
17% 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 | 67% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 17% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Home Farm Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/home-farm-primary-school-e147713): 330 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-teresas-catholic-primary-school-colchester-e138311): 500 m. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Willows](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-willows-e152651): 590 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Lexden Springs School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lexden-springs-school-e151484): 710 m. Special. Inadequate (overall), January 2024, before the school changed, serious weaknesses
- [Holmwood House School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holmwood-house-school-e115410): 770 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Stanway Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stanway-primary-school-e114732): 820 m. Primary. Good (overall), November 2022. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/114707)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/114707)

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