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Feering Church of England Primary School, Colchester

Good
Primary
Academy sponsor led
Mixed
Church of England
Ages 4–11

Feering Church of England Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Colchester, part of All Saints Academy Trust. It has a Church of England religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in October 2022. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 9th-highest of the 66 schools in Colchester with published results, and 1,876th of 14,452 across England. It was 80% full in 2025.

SATs results
Above England average
Ofsted
Good (2022)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Essex (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Feering Church of England Primary School in detail

Feering Church of England Primary School in its own words

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to Feering C of E Primary School, a warm and friendly school where individuals feel happy, secure, challenged and valued, and where the exciting journey to becoming a life-long learner begins. Feering Primary School is part of the All Saints Academy Trust family of schools. In collaboration with St Andrew's School, Halstead."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include yoga, choir, Lego and gardening.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:35am and after-school care until 5:30pm.

The school week is 32.5 hours a week.

Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Wraparound care (school website)The school day (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 89% of Year 6 pupils at Feering Church of England Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 89% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 76% in Essex and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 77% in reading and 73% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

Getting a place at Feering Church of England Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 22 families put Feering Church of England Primary School as their first choice and 79 named it as one of their preferences, for 25 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Feering Church of England Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Feering Church of England Primary School are Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy (0.8 miles, Good, 83% reading, 77% maths); Messing Primary School (1.6 miles, Good, 55% reading, 36% maths); Baynards Primary School (2 miles, Good, 80% reading, 80% maths); and St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall (2.2 miles, Good, 70% reading, 89% maths).

Feering Church of England Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary AcademyMessing Primary SchoolBaynards Primary SchoolSt Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall

The trust

Feering Church of England Primary School is one of 2 schools run by All Saints Academy Trust, an academy trust.

All 2 schools in All Saints Academy Trust

Who goes there

9.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 19 pupils (12.9%) received SEN support and 4 (2.7%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Staffing

Feering Church of England Primary School had 9 teachers in 2026, one for every 15 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

Getting there

The nearest railway station is Kelvedon Rail Station, about 1100 metres away (roughly a 14-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Gore Pit Corner (ne-bound), 120 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Feering Church of England Primary School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. On income deprivation affecting children it is in the 7th decile, where the 1st is the most deprived. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 32 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, other theft and vehicle crime. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Essex (97).

Suspensions and exclusions

Feering Church of England Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Bridgette Gough
Pupils:147
LA:Essex
Phone:01376570296
Address:Coggeshall Road, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9QB
Trust:ALL SAINTS ACADEMY TRUST (2 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 July 2018

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 4 years ago
Good

Overall

Good

Quality of Education

Good

Behaviour & Attitudes

Good

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Good

Early Years

Inspected 5 October 2022View full report
URN:145727
UKPRN:10067059
Diocese:Diocese of Chelmsford
Constituency:Witham
Urban/Rural:Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

Ofsted rated this school Good at its October 2022 inspection.

Rated Good for

Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Personal development, Leadership & management, Early years.

At a Glance

9.5%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

No

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+12ppMaths+16ppWriting+2pp

Reading has improved from 77% to 89% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 73% to 89% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 83% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

29.4

Avg class size

5

Total classes

2 classes with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Getting There

Train Stations

Kelvedon Rail Station (east entrance)
1.1km · 18 min walk

Bus Stops

Gore Pit Corner (NE-bound)
115m · 2 min walk
The Green (S-bound)
408m · 7 min walk
Prested Hall (near)
462m · 8 min walk
Feering Hill (NE-bound)
543m · 9 min walk
New Lane (adj)
771m · 13 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
8
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Children hurt
0

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight.

No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.

3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Essex is 9 (the median across 614 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Your chances of a place at Feering Church of England Primary School

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

80%

Available places

139 pupils

174 places

35 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Colchester

High pressure
New homes approved:5,324
Projected new pupils:1,331

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Colchester

Across Essex council

Low demand council-wide0.88 applications per place

Places available

17,932

Applications

15,737

Got 1st preference

90.3%

Got preferred school

98.2%

All primary applications across Essex council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(2)

5 October 2022
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesGood
Personal DevelopmentGood
Leadership & ManagementGood
Early YearsGood
12 June 2013
Good
Leadership & ManagementGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

19

SEN Support

4

EHC Plans

15.6%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health11
Autistic Spectrum Disorder4
Moderate Learning Difficulty3
Speech, Language & Communication3
Specific Learning Difficulty1
Physical Disability1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
90.5%
Black
1.4%
Mixed
3.4%
Chinese
0.7%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals9.5%
English as Additional Language2.0%

147

Total Pupils

80

Boys

67

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

9

Teachers

16.3:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£53,543

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,303

Per pupil

£786k

Total funding

£18k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£19,156
EAL funding£655
Lump sum£141,995

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

4.4%

Overall absence

7.1%

Persistent absence

127

Enrolments

Authorised2.4%
Unauthorised2.0%
Persistent (10%+)7.1%
Severe (50%+)0.8%

Absence trend

4.0%
18/19
2.4%
20/21
5.9%
21/22
4.5%
22/23
5.5%
23/24
4.4%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Feering Church of England Primary School

What are SATs results like at Feering Church of England Primary School?

Of the pupils at Feering Church of England Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 89% reached the expected standard in reading and 89% did so in maths.

What is Feering Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Feering Church of England Primary School was rated Good at its most recent Ofsted inspection in October 2022.

What is the catchment area for Feering Church of England Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When Feering Church of England Primary School is oversubscribed, Essex allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at Feering Church of England Primary School?

Feering Church of England Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 80% of its 174 places.

How big are the classes at Feering Church of England Primary School?

Classes at Feering Church of England Primary School average 29.4 pupils (2025/26). 2 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to Feering Church of England Primary School?

Feering Church of England Primary School has around 147 pupils on roll. 10% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Feering Church of England Primary School?

4.4% of sessions were missed at Feering Church of England Primary School in 2024/25. 7.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Feering Church of England Primary School?

Apply through Essex's coordinated admissions process, naming Feering Church of England Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

How many road collisions happen near Feering Church of England Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 6 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Essex is 9 (the median across 614 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Feering Church of England Primary School?

Feering Church of England Primary School is at Coggeshall Road, Feering, Colchester, CO5 9QB.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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