Friars Grove Primary School
Community primary school in Colchester (Essex).
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Nearby schools
nearest first26 schools within 2 miles. The nearest is Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery, 0.4 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Brook Primary School and NurseryAcademy sponsor led | 0.4 mi | Primary | 186 | Good, 2022 |
| Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 0.4 mi | Primary | 197 | Ungraded inspection, Sep 2023Last graded Good (Feb 2018) |
| St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, ColchesterVoluntary controlled | 0.6 mi | Primary | 210 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2022Last graded Good (May 2013) |
| Roach Vale Primary SchoolCommunity | 0.6 mi | Primary | 177 | Good, 2023 |
| Hazelmere Infant School and NurseryCommunity | 0.7 mi | Primary | 156 | No overall grade, 2025Good in 2 key judgements, Requires improvement in 2; early years provision Good |
| Hazelmere Junior SchoolCommunity | 0.7 mi | Primary | 229 | Good, 2022 |
| Highwoods Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 0.7 mi | Primary | 453 | Ungraded inspection, Jun 2024Last graded Good (Mar 2015) |
| Colchester AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 0.7 mi | Secondary | 879 | Good, 2023 |
| St James the Great Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | 1.0 mi | Primary | 438 | Good, 2019Ungraded inspection Jan 2025, no grade given |
| Unity Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.0 mi | Primary | 432 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in 1 key judgement, Good in 3; early years provision Good |
| Brinkley Grove Primary SchoolFoundation | 1.0 mi | Primary | 403 | Ungraded inspection, Oct 2024Last graded Good (May 2019) |
| The Gilberd SchoolAcademy converter | 1.0 mi | Secondary | 1,588 | Ungraded inspection, Feb 2025Last graded Outstanding (Nov 2018) |
| St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, ColchesterAcademy converter | 1.2 mi | Primary | 209 | Outstanding, 2023 |
| Queen Boudica Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.2 mi | Primary | 408 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2023Last graded Good (Jun 2013) |
| North Primary School and NurseryCommunity | 1.4 mi | Primary | 458 | Ungraded inspection, Mar 2023Last graded Good (Sep 2012) |
| The Sixth Form College ColchesterAcademy 16-19 converter | 1.6 mi | 16 plus | - | - |
| Camulos AcademyAcademy sponsor led | 1.6 mi | Primary | 406 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2024Last graded Good (Jul 2019) |
| St Helena SchoolAcademy converter | 1.6 mi | Secondary | 986 | Good, 2024 |
| St John's Green Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.6 mi | Primary | 591 | Ungraded inspection, Apr 2023Last graded Good (Nov 2017) |
| Kendall Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled | 1.6 mi | Primary | 209 | No overall grade, 2025Outstanding in all four key judgements; early years provision Outstanding |
| Myland Community Primary SchoolCommunity | 1.6 mi | Primary | 307 | Ungraded inspection, Feb 2025Last graded Good (Apr 2016) |
| The St Aubyn Centre Education DepartmentPupil referral unit | 1.7 mi | Alternative provision | 6 | Ungraded inspection, Nov 2023Last graded Outstanding (Nov 2014) |
| St. George's SchoolCommunity | 1.7 mi | Primary | 609 | Good, 2023 |
| Colchester InstituteFurther education | 1.7 mi | 16 plus | - | - |
| Colchester Prep & High SchoolOther independent | 1.9 mi | Independent | 280 | - |
| University of EssexHigher education institutions | 1.9 mi | Higher education institutions | - | - |
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 30% least deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 8 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
- 40
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