Unity Primary Academy
Primary schoolUnity Primary Academy is a primary school in Colchester, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 432 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- 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, 70% of pupils at Unity Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
8% 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 | 70% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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 AcademySecondary. Good (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 35.3 (2025/26, provisional)760 m
- Hazelmere Junior SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2022. 38% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)850 m
- Hazelmere Infant School and NurseryPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade850 m
- Roach Vale Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2023. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Willow Brook Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), November 2022. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023. 47% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
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).