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Langham Primary Academy

Primary Ages 4-11 101 pupils Colchester
Ofsted: Good
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Langham Primary Academy is an academy converter in Colchester for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 101 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Langham Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2023 of its predecessor, Langham Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: April 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address School Road
Langham
Colchester
Essex
CO4 5PB
Reference Number 151529

General Makeup

Number of pupils 101
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 45.54%
Girls: 54.46%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 9.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.3
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 31.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 4 11 15
2 6 3 9
3 11 5 16
4 7 9 16
5 8 8 16
6 6 10 16

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 86.1%
White, Other 2%
White & Black (African) 2%
African 2%
Mixed, Other 2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1%
Chinese 1%
Unclassified 1%
Asian, Other 1%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Langham Primary School, inspected in November 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Apr 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 14 2
Third Preference 6 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Langham Primary Academy had 98 pupils for 112 places. 14 places (12.5%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Colchester Primary A: North (Langham)” planning area

Essex counted 75 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 56 in 2029–30, down 25%.

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 2025–26 Langham Primary Academy had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 14.0
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 14.9% of pupils at Langham Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
No specialist assessment of need 11 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 3
Other difficulty or disability 1 1
Speech, language and communication needs 0 2
Hearing impairment 1 0

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.

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What is Langham Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Langham Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in November 2023 of its predecessor, Langham Primary School.

When was Langham Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Langham Primary Academy was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Langham Primary Academy have?

Langham Primary Academy has 101 pupils on roll.

What age range does Langham Primary Academy cover?

Langham Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Langham Primary Academy?

Langham Primary Academy is at School Road, Langham, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5PB.

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