Colchester County High School for Girls
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
A88
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Colchester, CO3 3US
- Distance
- 0.8km away
Colchester Royal Grammar School
Lexden Road, Colchester, CO3 3ND
Local ranking4th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: ExceptionalUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
777
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Boys
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 14 April 2026. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from Colchester Royal Grammar School (URN 137814) since 30 April 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Curriculum & teaching
- Exceptional
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Exceptional
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Exceptional
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 80.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 98.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 100.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 128
Destinations
After GCSE 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 99.0%
- Continued in education
- 99.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
After A-Levels 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 79.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 8.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
A
Avg A-Level Grade
51.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
52.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
202
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 77.7% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 420
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1059
- Boys
- 922 (86%)
- Girls
- 151 (14%)
- Capacity
- 777 (138% full)
- SEND
- 7.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.6%
- EAL
- 11.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.4%
- SEN Support
- 7.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,757/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
- 5.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Christian
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- Boarding school
- Admissions
- Selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 37.3%
- Asian Indian: 23.9%
- Asian Other: 6.3%
- Black African: 5.7%
- White Other: 5.6%
- Asian Chinese: 5.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.6%
37.3%
White British
23.9%
Asian Indian
6.3%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 149899
- UKPRN
- 10092769
- Establishment No.
- 4036
- Trust
- THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
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