The Sir John Colfox Academy
Ridgeway, Bridport, DT6 3DT
Local ranking13th of 30 secondary schools in Dorset
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1024
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 64.2%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0
- Cohort Size
- 137
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 22.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 55.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25D+
Avg A-Level Grade
23.4
Avg Points/Entry
22.6
Best 3 A-Levels
36
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 5.7%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 102
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 792
- Boys
- 392 (49%)
- Girls
- 400 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1024 (77% full)
- SEND
- 27.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.1%
- EAL
- 4.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 6.4%
- SEN Support
- 20.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 48.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,808/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.1%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.6%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.8%
- White Other: 3.2%
- Other: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
- Mixed Other: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
- Black African: 0.3%
89.8%
White British
3.2%
White Other
3.2%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 141735
- UKPRN
- 10049314
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- INITIO LEARNING TRUST