Paxman Academy
Paxman Avenue, Colchester, CO2 9DB
Local ranking42nd of 82 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.3
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 48.6%
- Entering EBacc
- 17.1%
- EBacc APS
- 3.4
- Cohort Size
- 175
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 886
- Boys
- 476 (54%)
- Girls
- 410 (46%)
- Capacity
- 900 (98% full)
- SEND
- 16.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.6%
- EAL
- 15.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.4%
- SEN Support
- 12.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,940/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 70.5%
- White Other: 6.5%
- Other: 6.5%
- Mixed Other: 4.0%
- Asian Other: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Black Other: 1.3%
70.5%
White British
6.5%
White Other
6.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 147080
- UKPRN
- 10083763
- Establishment No.
- 4034
- Trust
- THE SIGMA TRUST