North Primary School and Nursery

Community schoolPrimaryAges 3–11Mixed

John Harper Street, Colchester, CO1 1RP

Headteacher · Mr Alan Garnett

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 1 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils458Capacity 420

OfstedSchool remains GoodInspected 29 March 2023

Free school meals19.1%

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 29 March 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Essex council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 52 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered57

Applications105

First choice52

First-choice offers52

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).