St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall

St Peter’s Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School continues to be a good school, providing a supportive and enriching environment for its pupils. The school fosters a strong sense of community, where pupils are happy, confident, and engaged in their learning. The staff are dedicated, ensuring that pupils, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), receive the necessary support to thrive academically and socially. However, there are some areas for development in curriculum planning and assessment practices that leaders need to address to enhance learning outcomes further.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and feel safe in a caring community.
• High expectations from teachers lead to mature attitudes and good academic achievement.
• Effective phonics teaching helps pupils to read quickly and fluently.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND ensures their full participation in school life.
• Pupils benefit from a rich curriculum that includes opportunities for wider development and responsibility.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, curriculum planning lacks clarity in key knowledge and skills.
• Assessment practices in foundation subjects are not sufficiently precise to identify knowledge gaps.

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 St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.3% 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, 0.9% of pupils at St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall 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 St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall had 27.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.2% 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, 8.8% of pupils at St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall received £6,214 and spent £5,983 for each of its 340 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £126,000 (£370 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 St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall last inspected by Ofsted?

St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall have?

St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall has 339 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall cover?

St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall?

St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall is at Myneer Park, Coggeshall, Colchester, Essex, CO6 1YU.