Colchester Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 9 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
136195
Address
Hawthorn Avenue, CO4 3JL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
913 (74% of total capacity)
Boys
48.7%
Girls
51.3%
First language not English
13.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
41.3%
Persistent absence
39.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
25.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.3%
Other White 8.5%
Mixed 7%
African 6.4%
Unclassified 2.1%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Other Asian 1.2%
Other 1.2%
Indian 0.7%
Other Black 0.7%
Caribbean 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.56
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 11%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36.9
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.99
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award34
Sports StudiesTechnical Award22
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award14
Health StudiesTechnical Award25
Speech & DramaTechnical Award17
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE26
BiologyGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE20
ChineseGCSE2
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Colchester Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
154
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
116
2nd preference
44
3rd preference
42
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
116
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
175
87
88
Year 8
176
87
89
Year 9
178
89
89
Year 10
201
97
104
Year 11
183
85
98
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
71.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
47.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
2.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
22.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
10.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
15.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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