Secondary
Colchester County High School for Girls
Norman Way, Colchester, CO3 3US
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Girls
- Pupils
- 1198 of 1020 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ALPHA TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2023
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
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
100%
80.6
1st 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 | 80.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 7.82 |
| Entered the EBacc | 91% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 100% |
| A level average points per entry | 45.33 |
| A level students | 125 |
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 | 100% |
| 22/23 | 99% |
| 23/24 | 99% |
| 24/25 | 100% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.9 |
| 22/23 | 44.2 |
| 23/24 | 37.5 |
| 24/25 | 45.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.91 |
| 22/23 | +0.99 |
| 23/24 | +0.99 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 83.2 |
| 22/23 | 80.5 |
| 23/24 | 80.8 |
| 24/25 | 80.6 |
Norman Way, Colchester, CO3 3US
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
- Headteacher
- Gillian Marshall
- Address
- Norman Way, Colchester, CO3 3US
- Telephone
- 01206576973