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Broomgrove Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school
Broome Grove, Off Heath Road, Wivenhoe, Colchester CO7 9QB · broomgroveinfantschool.co.uk · 01206 822141
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2025 entry · Essex Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 158
- 88% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 17.1%
- First language not English
- 8.2%
- 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, 29 families put the school first and 32 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 | 32 | 29 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 44 | 38 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 40 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 44 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 42 | 36 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Broomgrove Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 14 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (38 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 38
- 24% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 58% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied