King's Ford Infant School and Nursery
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · Colchester, Essex
King's Ford Infant School and Nursery is a primary school in Colchester, Essex for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024.
Key facts
- Address
- Gloucester Avenue, Shrub End, Colchester, CO2 9AZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 154 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Children are happy to attend school.”
- “They enjoy playing with their friends at playtimes.”
- “They trust adults to keep them safe and to listen to any worries that they may have.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of subjects the school has not identified exactly what pupils need to know with the same precision.”
- “This means that sometimes teachers find it difficult to design learning that helps pupils to learn and remember more.”
- “On occasion, this leads to gaps in pupils’ learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 25 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 25 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- Kings Ford Academy 0.0 mi Not judged
- Montgomery Primary School, Colchester 0.5 mi Improved significantly
- St Michael's Primary School and Nursery, Colchester 0.5 mi Not judged
- Gosbecks Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Prettygate Infant School 0.6 mi Good
- Prettygate Junior School 0.6 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Hamilton Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged
- Monkwick Junior School 1.2 mi Good