St Benedict's Catholic College
Ofsted: Good
Score
C68
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Colchester, CO3 3US
- Distance
- 0.5km away
Philip Morant School and College
Rembrandt Way, Colchester, CO3 4QS
Local ranking38th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1902
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 13 September 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 314
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Higher education
- 30.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 40.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
D+
Avg A-Level Grade
24.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
23.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
30
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 20.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 273
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1828
- Boys
- 1019 (54%)
- Girls
- 869 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1902 (99% full)
- SEND
- 10.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.3%
- EAL
- 12.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.8%
- SEN Support
- 8.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 102.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,180/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
- 7.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 68.2%
- Black African: 7.7%
- White Other: 5.8%
- Other: 4.0%
- Mixed Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Asian Other: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.5%
68.2%
White British
7.7%
Black African
5.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Rembrandt Way
Colchester, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 146794
- UKPRN
- 10082305
- Establishment No.
- 4031
- Trust
- THE SIGMA TRUST
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