Nayland Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Nr Colchester, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.219 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Nayland Primary School is a primary school in Nr Colchester, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 March 2025. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Nayland Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 3.219 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 37 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 30 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- Of 72 applications for Reception 2026, 33 came from families living outside Suffolk, and 6 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 83% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2024/25 the reading, writing and maths result was 2nd highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Suffolk that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Bear Street, Nayland, Nr Colchester, CO6 4HZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 March 2025
Strengths
- “Nayland Primary School is a nurturing and exciting place to learn.”
- “Pupils flourish in this warm and caring community.”
- “They love their school and are very happy.”
To improve
- “Staff are still getting to grips with these changes.”
- “Teachers do not consistently make checks on whether pupils remember what they are taught.”
- “As a result, pupils are not always secure in the prior knowledge that they need to help them to learn new subject content.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 2025 (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) | 83% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Suffolk.
- Stoke-by-Nayland Church of England Primary School 1.5 mi Good
- Boxford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bures Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 3.9 mi Good
- Stratford St Mary Primary School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Hadleigh Community Primary School 6.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Wells Hall Primary School 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- East Bergholt Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 6.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Kersey Church of England Primary School 6.2 mi Good