Brinkley Grove Primary School
Rawlings Crescent, Colchester, CO4 9GF
403 pupils · 96% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Essex
- Free school meals
- 24.8%
Ofsted
Some aspects not as strong (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “Some aspects not as strong” (no overall grade issued)
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 9 October 2024, published 19 November 2024. 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 | 76% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 6% |
“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 — 0.98 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 41 | 40 | 96 | 41 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 42 | 35 | 90 | 40 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 54 | 52 | 118 | 54 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 52 | 44 | 125 | 51 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 46 | 35 | 98 | 43 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 48 | 45 | 105 | 48 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 52 | 36 | 102 | 52 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 38 | 36 | 80 | 37 |
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
- Highwoods Community Primary School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester 0.9 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Camulos Academy 1.3 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Friars Grove Primary School 1.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Queen Boudica Primary School 1.7 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Myland Community Primary School 1.8 km · Improved significantly (2025)
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.