St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester
Clairmont Road, Lexden, Colchester, CO3 9BEOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester is a primary school in Colchester for ages 2 to 11. It is one of the 604 schools in Essex. It ranks 2nd of 69 primary schools in Colchester. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in January 2025, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 21 January 2025, report published 5 March 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years provision
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 21 January 2025
This is a school where pupils flourish and succeed. They leave with strong academic outcomes and an exceptionally well-developed social and moral compass. Pupils look out for each other. The oldest buddy up with the youngest to help them at playtimes. They genuinely celebrate other pupils' successes. They talk about how they love seeing the smiles on each other's faces when awarded a merit certificate in assembly. Pupils benefit from the strong ethos of respect and compassion for each other. They seek to follow the quote from St Teresa, 'Let us do little things well today', doing small things to help each other, picking up books in the classroom or helping a friend out. They have a strongly developed understanding of moral responsibility, raising money for charities and a local hospice. The school has high expectations for both pupils' academic work and their behaviour. These expectations are well understood by pupils and they rise to meet them. Behaviour is excellent. Pupils feel well supported and safe. They work very hard, supported by subtle adaptations from adults where needed for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
31 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
252 pupils on roll, with places for 218
Schools near St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home Farm Primary School | 0.2 miles | Report card: Strong standard to exceptional | 75% met the expected standard |
| Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils | 0.3 miles | Ofsted: Good | 67% met the expected standard |
| Stanway Fiveways Primary School | 0.5 miles | Ofsted: Good | 54% met the expected standard |
| Stanway Primary School | 0.6 miles | Ofsted: Good | 61% met the expected standard |
| Prettygate Junior School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | 77% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- THE ROSARY TRUST - A CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Becky Maguire
- Phone
- 01206508445
- Address
- Clairmont Road, Lexden, Colchester, CO3 9BE
- Local authority
- Essex
- URN
- 138311
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.