Colchester County High School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Nov 28 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
137515
Address
Norman Way, CO3 3US

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1183 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
34%
Free school meals (FSM)
2.7%
Persistent absence
6.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
1.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 30.9%
Indian 25.7%
African 9.8%
Mixed 6.4%
Other Asian 6.3%
Other White 4%
Chinese 3.9%
Pakistani 3.8%
Bangladeshi 3%
Unclassified 3%
Other 2.1%
Irish 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.99
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 89%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 80.5
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.78
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE159
ChemistryGCSE157
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
DanceGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE160
English LiteratureGCSE159
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Colchester County High School for Girls

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
192
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
290
2nd preference
222
3rd preference
104
From another Local Authority
276
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
82
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 classes23
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
192
0
192
Year 8
191
0
191
Year 9
191
0
191
Year 10
192
0
192
Year 11
159
0
159
Year 12
130
0
130
Year 13
128
0
128
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
2.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
79.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
14.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
3.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
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

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
94.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
71.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
66.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
16.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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