Colne Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 28 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Not available
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
146795
Address
Church Road, Brightlingsea, CO7 0QL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1255 (69% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
3.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.3%
Persistent absence
21.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.7%
Mixed 5%
Other White 4.1%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other 1.2%
African 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Indian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 46%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.2
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.02
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award1
Sports StudiesTechnical Award188
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award33
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award17
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
BiologyGCSE65
ChemistryGCSE63
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE51
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE45
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Colne Community School and College (Secondary and 16 to 19 Provision)

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
280
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
268
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
20
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
264
2nd preference
14
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes25.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
277
133
144
Year 8
255
144
111
Year 9
234
118
116
Year 10
243
130
113
Year 11
246
125
121
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
5.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
42.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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