Stanway Fiveways Primary School
Winstree Road, Colchester, CO3 0QG
473 pupils · 75% of 630 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 19.9%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
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 13 December 2022, published 5 February 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 54% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 6% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 48 | 46 | 116 | 48 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 49 | 45 | 133 | 48 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 70 | 151 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 60 | 129 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 56 | 55 | 126 | 56 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 47 | 45 | 122 | 46 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 66 | 62 | 139 | 65 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 47 | 47 | 120 | 47 |
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
- Stanway Primary School 0.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Lakelands Primary School 0.7 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester 0.8 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils 1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Home Farm Primary School 1 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Prettygate Junior School 1.7 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · 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.