The Gilberd School
Brinkley Lane, Colchester, CO4 9PU
Local ranking10th of 82 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1600
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 53.4
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 58.2%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 77.1%
- Entering EBacc
- 31.4%
- EBacc APS
- 4.8
- Cohort Size
- 306
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1574
- Boys
- 804 (51%)
- Girls
- 770 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1600 (98% full)
- SEND
- 12.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.3%
- EAL
- 12.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 10.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 83.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,838/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.1%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.7%
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: 66.7%
- White Other: 6.6%
- Other: 6.6%
- Asian Indian: 4.2%
- Mixed Other: 2.7%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.8%
66.7%
White British
6.6%
White Other
6.6%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137926
- UKPRN
- 10036667
- Establishment No.
- 5441
- Trust
- ALPHA TRUST