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 ranking37th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1275
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
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
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.9 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.9% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 47.3% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 205
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 2024-25 — 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
- 506 (49%)
- Girls
- 525 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1275 (81% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- 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
Loading chart
- 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
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Maypole Road
Colchester, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137241
- UKPRN
- 10034841
- Establishment No.
- 5413
- Trust
- THURSTABLE SCHOOL
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