Stanway Fiveways Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · Colchester, Essex
Stanway Fiveways Primary School is a primary school in Colchester, Essex for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 December 2022.
Key facts
- Address
- Winstree Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0QG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 473 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at Fiveways Primary School.”
- “The school is a happy, caring place.”
- “Pupils are encouraged to be ‘the best we can be’.”
To improve
- “In a small minority of foundation subjects, the curriculum does not make it clear what pupils need to learn or how their understanding of what they have learned will be checked.”
- “When this is the case, staff have to make decisions which do not always align with leaders’ intent.”
- “This is not the case in other subject areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 February 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 54% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 46 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 46 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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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- Stanway Primary School 0.4 mi Good
- Lakelands Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding
- St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester 0.5 mi Not judged
- Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Home Farm Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Prettygate Infant School 1.1 mi Good
- Prettygate Junior School 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Gosbecks Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good