Secondary
Colchester Academy
Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3JL
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 879 of 910 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Trust
- PENROSE LEARNING TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected March 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
31%
38.5
13th of 14 by our score, among the secondary schools in Colchester we can score - 16 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 38.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.34 |
| Entered the EBacc | 32% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 17% |
| 22/23 | 22% |
| 23/24 | 22% |
| 24/25 | 31% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.71 |
| 22/23 | -0.56 |
| 23/24 | -0.91 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.3 |
| 22/23 | 36.9 |
| 23/24 | 34.9 |
| 24/25 | 38.5 |
Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3JL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Essex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Principal
- Jenny Betts
- Address
- Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3JL
- Telephone
- 01206861217