Mersea Island School
Barfield Road, Colchester, CO5 8QX
394 pupils · 84% of 468 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 18.7%
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 2 March 2023, published 18 May 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 56% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 12% |
“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 first-choice application per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 41 | 41 | 45 | 41 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 42 | 42 | 46 | 42 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 42 | 42 | 47 | 42 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 40 | 40 | 46 | 40 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 49 | 47 | 53 | 49 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 51 | 50 | 56 | 51 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 35 | 35 | 39 | 35 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 58 | 58 | 66 | 58 |
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
- St Cedd's Church of England Primary School 5.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Tollesbury School 6.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Langenhoe Community Primary School 6.1 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 7.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery 8.2 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary Academy 8.5 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
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.