# St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester

St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester is a primary school in Colchester, for pupils aged 2 to 11.

It had 252 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E138311. [Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/colchester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 2 to 11
- Pupils: 252
- Council: Colchester
- URN: 138311

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 21 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
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, 74% of pupils at St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
19% 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 | 74% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 19% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 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

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

- [The Willows](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-willows-e152651): 130 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [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)
- [Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lexden-primary-school-with-unit-for-hearing-impaired-pupils-e114707): 500 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Lexden Springs School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lexden-springs-school-e151484): 730 m. Special. Inadequate (overall), January 2024, before the school changed, serious weaknesses
- [Stanway Fiveways Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/stanway-fiveways-primary-school-e114764): 750 m. Primary. Good (overall), December 2022. 54% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Stanway School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-stanway-school-e137927): 860 m. Secondary. School remains Good, June 2023. Attainment 8 of 48.3 (2025/26, provisional)

## 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/138311)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/138311)

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