Shelley Road, Lexden, Colchester, Essex CO3 4JL
10 reasons to choose Home Farm Primary School
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Home Farm Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Colchester and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 1.5 miles.
School fundamentals
Home Farm Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 4 members of Alpha Trust. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2021) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Home Farm Primary School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Home Farm Primary School ranks in the top 26% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress scores are around the national average.
The Home Farm Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Subjects are taught separately, but some foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Home Farm Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Home Farm Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir and an instrument ensemble. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 8.00am to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Home Farm Primary School
Holmwood House School (1.2 miles); Colchester Prep & High School, Prep (2.1 miles).
St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School, Colchester (0.5 miles); Hamilton Primary School (1.7 miles); St Thomas More’s Catholic Primary School, Colchester (2.7 miles).
St Mary’s School for Girls, Colchester (1.2 miles); Colchester Prep & High School, Senior (2.1 miles); Gosfield School (13.6 miles).
The Stanway School (1.4 miles); St Benedict’s Catholic College (1.6 miles); Colchester County High School for Girls (1.6 miles).