Secondary
Paxman Academy
Paxman Avenue, Colchester, CO2 9DB
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 873 of 900 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
- Local authority
- Essex
- Trust
- THE SIGMA TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 75.3
- Pupils per adult
- 11.9
- Pupils
- 895
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2024
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
34%
18 points below the Colchester average (52% across 14 schools)
41.3
9.5 below the Colchester average (50.8 across 14 schools)
12th 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 | 41.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.37 |
| Entered the EBacc | 17% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% |
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 time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 41% |
| 24/25 | 34% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 43.4 |
| 24/25 | 41.3 |
Paxman Avenue, Colchester, CO2 9DB
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
- Debbie Kershaw
- Address
- Paxman Avenue, Colchester, CO2 9DB
- Telephone
- 01206413813