Kendall Church of England Primary School

Primary Maintained Colchester 📅 Term dates 2025–2026 🏅 Ofsted: Inspected 📊 KS2 expected standard: 72%

Kendall Church of England Primary School is a mixed local-authority maintained primary school in Colchester, Essex County Council, teaching 209 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted graded quality of education as Outstanding at its most recent inspection in June 2025. In 2024–2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 1 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for Kendall Church of England Primary School.

Latest inspection
Graded inspection No single overall grade (Sept 2024+)

From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour & attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership & managementOutstanding
Early yearsOutstanding
S5 Inspection · Inspected 3 Jun 2025 · Published 30 Jun 2025
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Kendall Church of England Primary School.

Kendall Church of England Primary School term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

September 2025
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October 2025
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November 2025
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December 2025
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  • 19–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
January 2026
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  • 1 New Year's Day
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February 2026
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March 2026
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April 2026
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May 2026
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  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
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July 2026
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August 2026
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Key dates (2025–2026)

  • Autumn Term Sep 1, 2025 - Dec 18, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half Term Oct 20, 2025 - Oct 31, 2025 Holiday
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 19, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 - Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half Term Feb 16, 2026 - Feb 20, 2026 Holiday
  • Easter Holiday Mar 28, 2026 - Apr 12, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 - Jul 17, 2026 Term
  • Summer Half Term May 25, 2026 - Jun 5, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Holiday Jul 18, 2026 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
72% Expected standard at KS2 England 62% Top 29%
7.5% Persistent absence England 17.8% Top 19%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Kendall Church of England Primary School with Essex County Council and England.

Key stage 2 (end of primary) 72% Expected standard in reading, writing & maths

How Year 6 pupils did in the national tests.

This school Essex County Council England

Expected standard in reading, writing & maths · The headline primary measure 72%
Essex County Council 63% England 62% +10 vs England
Average reading scaled score · 100 = expected standard 105
Essex County Council 106 England 106 in line with England
Average maths scaled score · 100 = expected standard 107
Essex County Council 105 England 105 +2 vs England
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 32
Attendance 7.5% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Essex County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 7.5%
Essex County Council 17.7% England 17.8% -10.2 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 4.3%
Essex County Council 6.9% England 6.8% -2.5 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Kendall Church of England Primary School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other primary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Kendall Church of England Primary School than to any other primary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.