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St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Ramsey

Primary school in Harwich, Essex. Requires improvement (Jul 2023).

Latest graded inspection

Inspected 18 July 2023, report published 20 September 2023, under the inspection system used from 2019 to 2025.

This grade was given to Two Village Church of England Primary School (its Ofsted page), the school this one replaced when it became an academy. St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Ramsey hasn’t been inspected under its own name yet, so Ofsted’s page for it shows no grade.

Requires improvement overall. Not yet good. Schools with this grade were normally inspected again within 30 months. 11% of schools whose latest graded inspection was under this system got Requires improvement.

Grades for each area
AreaGrade
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Early yearsRequires improvement
Safeguarding effectiveYes

These grades come from the system Ofsted replaced in November 2025. They stay on record until the school’s next inspection, when it gets a report card instead. More about the old grades.

Next inspection: around January 2026

The last inspection was in July 2023. Schools graded requires improvement were normally inspected again within 30 months. It’s now later than the usual gap, so an inspection could happen at any time.

An estimate, not an Ofsted date. Ofsted doesn’t publish its schedule and gives schools about a day’s notice. The law says the next inspection must be by August 2028 at the latest, and Ofsted can visit sooner if it has concerns.

Nearby primary schools

  1. 0.9 milesChase Lane Primary School and Nursery

    Primary, Harwich, Essex

    School remains Good (Jan 2024)

  2. 1.5 milesAll Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt

    Primary, Harwich, Essex

    Good (Apr 2024)

  3. 1.6 milesSpring Meadow Primary School & Nursery

    Primary, Harwich, Essex

    Good (Feb 2024)

  4. 1.9 milesSt Joseph's Catholic Primary School

    Primary, Essex

    School remains Good (May 2023)

  5. 2.1 milesThe Mayflower Primary School

    Primary, Harwich, Essex

    Good (Feb 2022)

Ofsted data as at 30 September 2026, school details from Get Information about Schools, 26 October 2026.