Colchester Academy
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Mar 8 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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Childcare Skills | Technical Award | 34 |
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 22 |
Engineering Studies | Technical Award | 14 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 25 |
Speech & Drama | Technical Award | 17 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 26 |
Biology | GCSE | 22 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 20 |
Chinese | GCSE | 2 |
Admissions
Colchester Academy
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 154
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 116
- 2nd preference
- 44
- 3rd preference
- 42
- From another Local Authority
- 3
Offers
- 1st preference
- 116
- 2nd preference
- 12
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.3 |
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 |
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% |