Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils

Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils is performing well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in 2018. The school is characterized by strong positive relationships between pupils and staff, and an inclusive environment where all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), feel safe and supported. Pupils are engaged in their learning, demonstrating curiosity and commitment, and enjoy a variety of activities outside of the classroom, contributing to a vibrant school community.

Strengths

• Pupils develop positive relationships with their teachers.
• The school promotes an inclusive educational environment.
• An ambitious and well-designed curriculum is in place.
• Teachers have good subject knowledge and use effective teaching strategies.
• Pupils show enthusiasm for reading and achieve fluency.
• The school community emphasizes kindness and good behavior.
• Leaders demonstrate a commitment to staff well-being.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum improvements are not fully implemented in some subjects.
• Some teachers lack clarity on year-on-year learning objectives.
• Teaching activities do not consistently build up pupils' knowledge over time.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.2% of pupils at Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 8.5% of pupils at Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 16 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils received £8,193 and spent £8,165 for each of its 236 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £161,000 (£684 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils last inspected by Ofsted?

Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils have?

Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils has 236 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils cover?

Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils?

Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils is at Trafalgar Road, Lexden, Colchester, Essex, CO3 9AS.