Lexden Springs School
Special schoolLexden Springs School is a special school in Colchester, for pupils aged 3 to 19. It had 301 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Inadequate (overall), January 2024, before the school changed, serious weaknesses
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 30 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Inadequate
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Inadequate
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 EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Does not apply to this school | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Does not apply to this school | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Colchester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 49.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 52.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 68.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 15 | – | – |
- Lexden Springs School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 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- The Stanway SchoolSecondary. School remains Good, June 2023. Attainment 8 of 48.3 (2025/26, provisional)160 m
- Stanway Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)240 m
- Stanway Fiveways Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2022. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)410 m
- Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired PupilsPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)710 m
- Lakelands Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), May 2023720 m
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, ColchesterPrimary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)730 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).