Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery
Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3JP
156 pupils · 87% of 180 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 21.2%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 3 June 2025, published 10 July 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.97 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 36 | 35 | 60 | 35 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 39 | 37 | 70 | 39 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 53 | 50 | 73 | 52 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 44 | 44 | 76 | 44 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 33 | 31 | 57 | 33 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 41 | 39 | 59 | 39 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 43 | 40 | 72 | 43 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 48 | 48 | 81 | 48 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Hazelmere Junior School 0 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Roach Vale Primary School 0.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Unity Primary Academy 0.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery 1.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Friars Grove Primary School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.