Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

Church Road, Colchester, CO5 7BN

96 pupils · 91% of 105 capacity

Phase
Primary
Type
Voluntary aided school
Ages
5–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Local authority
Essex
Free school meals
20.8%

Ofsted

Good (2023)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 27 June 2023, published 19 September 2023. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Measure2024/25
Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths54%
Reaching the higher standard15%

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 1.13 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

Applications and offers by entry year
EntryPlaces1st preferencesTotal preferencesOffers
Sept 2026 entry15175315
Sept 2025 entry12104312
Sept 2024 entry1584310
Sept 2023 entry11103611
Sept 2022 entry1064010
Sept 2021 entry15126415
Sept 2020 entry1083410
Sept 2019 entry1294712

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

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.