Honywood School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Colchester, CO6 1PZ
- Distance
- 7.6km away
Thurstable School
Maypole Road, Tiptree, Colchester, CO5 0EW
Local ranking41st of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1275
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2024 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 20 May 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 20 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.5 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 68.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 202
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 78.0%
- Higher education
- 26.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 43.0%
- Not sustained
- 15.0%
A-Level Results
2023-24*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 34.4
27.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.1
51
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.1% nat17.1%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 131
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1031
- Boys
- 458 (49%)
- Girls
- 474 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1275 (73% full)
- SEND
- 18.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.0%
- EAL
- 2.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 15.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 20.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 50.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,096/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 93.0%
- White Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.7%
- Black African: 0.4%
- Other: 0.3%
93.0%
White British
2.1%
White Other
1.3%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Maypole Road
Colchester, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137241
- UKPRN
- 10034841
- Establishment No.
- 5413
- Trust
- THURSTABLE SCHOOL
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