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Gosbecks Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Community school
Owen Ward Close, Shrub End, Colchester CO2 9DG · gosbecks.co.uk · 01206 575407
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 53%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Essex 63%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 227
- 11 over 216 places · 105%
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 21.6%
- First language not English
- 2.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Essex Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 22 families put the school first and 22 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 23 | 21 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 28 | 26 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 31 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
Results
In 2024/25, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Essex it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼53% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 7 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Gosbecks Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 6 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Sept 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 43
- 16% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 13 parents (30%) with SEND