Schools and Education in Berechurch

There are 79 schools within 5 miles of Berechurch town centre, including 52 primary and 11 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 96% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Colchester County High School for Girls, St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester and Lakelands Primary School. There are 2 schools rated below Good, making individual research important for families.

Total Schools
79
Primary
52
Secondary
11
Good / Outstanding
96%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

5
47
Outstanding (5) Good (47) Requires Improvement (2) Not yet inspected (25)
Colchester County High School for Girls Secondary 1.6 miles Norman Way, Colchester, CO3 3US Inspected: 29 January 2024 St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester Primary 1.7 miles St Julian Grove, Colchester, CO1 2QB Inspected: 09 February 2024 Lakelands Primary School Primary 3 miles Christopher Garnett Chase, Colchester, CO3 8AJ Inspected: 19 June 2023 The Gilberd School Secondary 3.6 miles Brinkley Lane, Colchester, CO4 9PU Inspected: 26 March 2025 The St Aubyn Centre Education Department Not applicable 3.7 miles Whitmore Drive, Colchester, CO4 5HG Inspected: 05 December 2023
The Thomas Lord Audley School Secondary 0.3 miles Monkwick Avenue, Monkwick, Colchester, CO2 8NJ Inspected: 12 May 2025 Col4 Berechurch Family Hub 0.4 miles School Road, School Road, Colchester, CO2 8NN Inspected: 14 February 2011 Monkwick Infant and Nursery School Primary 0.4 miles School Road, Monkwick, Colchester, CO2 8NN Inspected: 04 April 2025 Monkwick Junior School Primary 0.4 miles School Road, Colchester, CO2 8NN Inspected: 21 September 2022 Montgomery Primary School, Colchester Primary 0.6 miles Baronswood Way, Colchester, CO2 9QG Inspected: 30 April 2025 Cherry Tree Academy Primary 0.8 miles Holt Drive, Mersea Road, Colchester, CO2 0BG Inspected: 29 March 2022 St. George's School Primary 1.1 miles Canterbury Road, Colchester, CO2 7RU Inspected: 16 January 2024 Paxman Academy Secondary 1.3 miles Paxman Avenue, Colchester, CO2 9DB Inspected: 14 March 2024 North East Essex Co-operative Academy Not applicable 1.4 miles Walnut Tree Way, Colchester, CO2 9BS Inspected: 16 September 2024 Old Heath Community Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Old Heath Road, Colchester, CO2 8DD Inspected: 01 February 2022 St John's Green Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Walsingham Road, Colchester, CO2 7HE Inspected: 19 June 2023 Gosbecks Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Owen Ward Close, Shrub End, Colchester, CO2 9DG Inspected: 15 March 2024 Philip Morant School and College Secondary 1.5 miles Rembrandt Way, Colchester, CO3 4QS Inspected: 20 October 2023 Prettygate Junior School Primary 1.5 miles Plume Avenue, Colchester, CO3 4PH Inspected: 18 March 2024 Prettygate Infant School Primary 1.5 miles Plume Avenue, Colchester, CO3 4PH Inspected: 02 December 2022 St Benedict's Catholic College Secondary 1.6 miles Norman Way, Colchester, CO3 3US Inspected: 26 September 2023 St James the Great Church of England Primary School Primary 2 miles Guildford Road, Colchester, CO1 2RA Inspected: 27 March 2025 Colchester Institute 16 plus 2 miles Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3LL Inspected: 03 December 2024 St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge Primary 2.1 miles Rectory Road, Rowhedge, Colchester, CO5 7HR Inspected: 20 December 2024 North Primary School and Nursery Primary 2.1 miles John Harper Street, Colchester, CO1 1RP Inspected: 19 May 2023 St Helena School Secondary 2.1 miles Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3LE Inspected: 15 March 2024 Layer-de-la-Haye Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 2.2 miles High Road, Layer-de-la-Haye, Colchester, CO2 0DS Inspected: 23 March 2023 University of Essex Not applicable 2.3 miles Boundary Road, Colchester, CO4 3SQ Inspected: 27 February 2024 Col1 Greenstead Family Hub Delivery Site 2.5 miles The Centre, Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3QE Inspected: 16 March 2011 Col1/A St Anne's and Castle Family Hub Delivery Site 2.5 miles Harwich Road, Harwich Road, Colchester, CO4 3DH Inspected: 18 December 2012 Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery Primary 2.5 miles Barnardiston Road, Colchester, CO4 0DT Inspected: 19 January 2023 Stanway Fiveways Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Winstree Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0QG Inspected: 06 February 2023 Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary 2.5 miles Church Road, Fingringhoe, Colchester, CO5 7BN Inspected: 20 September 2023 Hazelmere Junior School Primary 2.6 miles Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3JP Inspected: 22 September 2022 Broomgrove Infant School Primary 2.6 miles Broome Grove, Off Heath Road, Colchester, CO7 9QB Inspected: 20 March 2024 Broomgrove Junior School Primary 2.6 miles Broome Grove, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9QB Inspected: 28 June 2024 The Stanway School Secondary 2.7 miles Winstree Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0QA Inspected: 14 July 2023 Braiswick Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Apprentice Drive, New Braiswick Park, Colchester, CO4 5QJ Inspected: 22 July 2024 Stanway Primary School Primary 2.8 miles Villa Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0RH Inspected: 20 December 2022 Friars Grove Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Upland Drive, Colchester, CO4 0PZ Inspected: 25 September 2023 Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Templewood Road, Colchester, CO4 3EZ Inspected: 13 November 2023 Roach Vale Primary School Primary 3 miles Roach Vale, Parsons Heath, Colchester, CO4 3YN Inspected: 05 July 2023 Highwoods Community Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Tynedale Square, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9SN Inspected: 08 July 2024 Myland Community Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Mill Road, Mile End, Colchester, CO4 5LD Inspected: 02 April 2025 St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester Primary 3.4 miles Clay Lane Grove, COLCHESTER, CO4 0HH Inspected: 16 November 2022 Birch Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary 3.6 miles School Hill, Birch, Colchester, CO2 0LZ Inspected: 21 March 2025 Brinkley Grove Primary School Primary 3.6 miles Rawlings Crescent, Highwoods, Colchester, CO4 9GF Inspected: 20 November 2024 Camulos Academy Primary 3.7 miles Whitmore Drive, Via Urbis Romanea, Colchester, CO4 6AL Inspected: 21 January 2025 Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West Bergholt Primary 4 miles New Church Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, CO6 3JF Inspected: 10 June 2024 Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary 4.2 miles School Road, Copford, Colchester, CO6 1BX Inspected: 14 January 2022 Market Field School Not applicable 4.3 miles School Road, Elmstead Market, Colchester, CO7 7ET Inspected: 16 November 2023 Alresford Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Ford Lane, Alresford, Colchester, CO7 8AU Inspected: 28 July 2023
Col11 Little Hands Family Hub Delivery Site 2.5 miles Winstree Road, Winstree Rd, Colchester, CO3 0QG Inspected: 03 June 2015 Doucecroft School Not applicable 3.7 miles Abbotts Lane, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3QL Inspected: 10 November 2025
St Michael's Primary School and Nursery, Colchester Primary 0.9 miles Sittang Close, Berechurch Hall Road, Colchester, CO2 9RA King's Ford Infant School and Nursery Primary 1 miles Devon Road, Shrub End, Colchester, CO2 9AZ Kings Ford Academy Primary 1 miles Devon Road, Shrub End, Colchester, CO2 9AZ Hamilton Primary School Primary 1.2 miles Constantine Road, Colchester, CO3 3GB Kendall Church of England Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Philbrick Close, Colchester, CO1 2HH Colchester Prep & High School Not applicable 1.5 miles Wellesley Road, Colchester, CO3 3HD Colchester Royal Grammar School Secondary 1.5 miles Lexden Road, Colchester, CO3 3ND The Sixth Form College Colchester 16 plus 1.8 miles North Hill, Colchester, CO1 1SN St Mary's School for Girls Not applicable 1.8 miles Lexden Road, Colchester, CO3 3RB Kingswode Hoe School Not applicable 1.8 miles Sussex Road, Colchester, CO3 3QJ Home Farm Primary School Primary 2.3 miles Shelley Road, Lexden, Colchester, CO3 4JL St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester Primary 2.3 miles Clairmont Road, Lexden, Colchester, CO3 9BE Unity Primary Academy Primary 2.3 miles Hickory Avenue, Greenstead, Colchester, CO4 3QJ Langenhoe Community Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Bracken Way, Abberton, Colchester, CO5 7PG Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils Primary 2.5 miles Trafalgar Road, Lexden, Colchester, CO3 9AS Inspected: 22 September 2023 Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery Primary 2.6 miles Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3JP Lexden Springs School Not applicable 2.7 miles Winstree Road, Colchester, CO3 0PZ Colchester Academy Secondary 2.7 miles Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3JL Inspected: 03 May 2023 Queen Boudica Primary School Primary 2.9 miles Cowper Crescent, Colchester, CO4 5XT Inspected: 09 May 2023 Holmwood House School Not applicable 2.9 miles Chitts Hill, Lexden, Colchester, CO3 9ST Millfields Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Bowes Road, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9RD The Trinity School Secondary 3.6 miles Cordelia Drive, Colchester, CO4 6ED Elmstead Primary School Primary 4.2 miles Holly Way, Elmstead Market, Colchester, CO7 7YQ The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Coach Road, Great Horkesley, Colchester, CO6 4AT Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham Primary 4.4 miles Fiddlers Folly, Fordham Heath, Colchester, CO3 9UE