Colchester Academy is a secondary school located in Colchester. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 06/12/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 9.3%, which is 5.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3JL
Website: http://www.colchesteracademy.org.uk/
Telephone: 01206861217
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Jenny Betts
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 136195

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 06/12/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1200
Number of Pupils: 815
Number of Boys: 392
Number of Girls: 423

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 9.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 26.8% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.28 Confidence interval -0.5 to -0.06
Of the 135 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 128 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:12%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:89%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:27%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:40.2
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.28
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Hazelmere Junior School
Hawthorn Avenue , CO4 3JP 		3out of 4 106 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery
Hawthorn Avenue , Greenstead Estate CO4 3JP 		3out of 4 106 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Roach Vale Primary School
Roach Vale , Parsons Heath CO4 3YN 		3out of 4 424 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Templewood Road , CO4 3EZ 		3out of 4 642 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Unity Primary Academy
Hickory Avenue , Greenstead CO4 3QJ 		3out of 4 830 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Colchester Academy
Hawthorn Avenue , CO4 3JL 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Gilberd School
Brinkley Lane , CO4 9PU 		4out of 4 3,026 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Trinity School
Brinkley Lane , CO4 9PU 		- not rated 3,085 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park , CO4 3SQ 		- not rated 2,273 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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