Colchester County High School for Girls
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
A88
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Colchester, CO3 3US
- Distance
- 0.0km away
St Benedict's Catholic College
Norman Way, Colchester, CO3 3US
Local ranking12th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
876
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 54.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 61.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 81.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 45.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 180
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 891
- Boys
- 480 (54%)
- Girls
- 411 (46%)
- Capacity
- 876 (102% full)
- SEND
- 19.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 12.6%
- EAL
- 16.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 16.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,447/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 47.6%
- Black African: 18.6%
- White Other: 13.0%
- Mixed Other: 3.7%
- Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.3%
- Asian Other: 2.1%
47.6%
White British
18.6%
Black African
13.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Norman Way
Colchester, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 115382
- UKPRN
- 10010902
- Establishment No.
- 5466
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