Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery
Community primary school in Colchester (Essex).
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Nearby schools
nearest first15 schools within 5 miles. The nearest is Colne Community School, 0.7 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colne Community SchoolAcademy converter | 0.7 mi | Secondary | 1,289 | Good, 2023 |
| St Osyth Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 2.6 mi | Primary | 290 | Good, 2023 |
| Alresford Primary SchoolCommunity | 2.9 mi | Primary | 216 | Ungraded inspection, Jun 2023Last graded Good (Jul 2014) |
| Great Bentley Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 3.4 mi | Primary | 258 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2022Last graded Outstanding (Sep 2015, previous school). This inspection was of the previous school, before it became an academy. |
| Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 4.0 mi | Primary | 96 | Good, 2023 |
| Millfields Primary SchoolFoundation | 4.0 mi | Primary | 217 | No overall grade, 2025Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| Sir Martin Frobisher AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 4.3 mi | Primary | 171 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in 2 key judgements, Good in 2; early years provision Outstanding |
| Ravens AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 4.5 mi | Primary | 262 | Good, 2024 |
| St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, RowhedgeVoluntary controlled | 4.7 mi | Primary | 223 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2024Last graded Good (Nov 2014) |
| St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 4.7 mi | Primary | 362 | Ungraded inspection, Jul 2024Last graded Good (Jun 2015) |
| Minerva Independent SchoolOther independent special | 4.7 mi | Special | 1 | - |
| Broomgrove Infant SchoolCommunity | 4.8 mi | Primary | 158 | Good, 2024 |
| Broomgrove Junior SchoolCommunity | 4.8 mi | Primary | 212 | Ungraded inspection, May 2024Last graded Good (Jan 2019) |
| Weeley St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 4.9 mi | Primary | 179 | Good, 2022 |
| Market Field School and CollegeAcademy special converter | 4.9 mi | Special | 519 | Good, 2019Ungraded inspection Oct 2023, no grade given |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 40% most deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 4 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 140
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