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Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Academy
Fiddlers Folley, Fordham Heath, Colchester CO3 9UE · holytrinityeightashgreen.co.uk · 01206 240880
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- 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
- 102
- 73% of 140 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 26.5%
- First language not English
- 5.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Life Education Trust
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, 7 families put the school first and 7 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 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 14 | 12 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% 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 | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 115075)
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 September 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 22 Sept 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115075)
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 115075), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115075)
May 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 115075)