Colchester Royal Grammar School
Ofsted: Exceptional
Score
A86
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Colchester, CO3 3ND
- Distance
- 0.9km away
St Helena School
Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3LE
Local ranking43rd of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1000
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 30 January 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 56.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 197
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 987
- Boys
- 485 (49%)
- Girls
- 501 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1000 (99% full)
- SEND
- 16.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.3%
- EAL
- 19.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 14.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,834/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
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.8% 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: 64.7%
- White Other: 8.5%
- Black African: 8.3%
- Mixed Other: 3.2%
- Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.9%
- Asian Indian: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
64.7%
White British
8.5%
White Other
8.3%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Sheepen Road
Colchester, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137944
- UKPRN
- 10036669
- Establishment No.
- 5448
- Trust
- THE SIGMA TRUST
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