Colchester Royal Grammar School
Ofsted: Exceptional
Score
A86
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Colchester, CO3 3ND
- Distance
- 2.3km away
The Thomas Lord Audley School
Monkwick Avenue, Monkwick, Colchester, CO2 8NJ
Local ranking37th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
840
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 26 March 2025. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 35.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 50.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 171
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 921
- Boys
- 498 (53%)
- Girls
- 442 (47%)
- Capacity
- 840 (112% full)
- SEND
- 20.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 35.7%
- EAL
- 4.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.6%
- SEN Support
- 15.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,140/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
- 7.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.3% 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: 87.8%
- White Other: 3.8%
- Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Other: 0.9%
87.8%
White British
3.8%
White Other
1.6%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Monkwick Avenue
Colchester, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137937
- UKPRN
- 10036751
- Establishment No.
- 4020
- Trust
- THE SIGMA TRUST
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