Schools in Colchester[1]

Local authority district E07000071 · 86 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 117 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 11 (9%)[4]
second 20%: 26 (22%)[4]
middle 20%: 24 (21%)[4]
fourth 20%: 37 (32%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 19 (16%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	7%[4]	26%[4]	24%[4]	23%[4]	21%[4]
Employment	7%[4]	22%[4]	21%[4]	32%[4]	18%[4]
Education and skills	12%[4]	21%[4]	22%[4]	30%[4]	15%[4]
Health and disability	15%[4]	18%[4]	31%[4]	26%[4]	9%[4]
Crime	24%[4]	22%[4]	15%[4]	23%[4]	15%[4]
Housing and services	18%[4]	25%[4]	30%[4]	16%[4]	11%[4]
Living environment	9%[4]	13%[4]	15%[4]	35%[4]	28%[4]
Children in low-income families	10%[4]	21%[4]	25%[4]	29%[4]	15%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 64.6% of 79,727 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 32.2% of 156,350 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 13.2% of 156,330 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Grammar schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Colchester County High School for Girls	11–18[2]	A8 80 2025/26[8] AL A- 2024/25[9]
Colchester Royal Grammar School	11–18[2]	A8 81 2025/26[8] AL A 2024/25[9]

Secondary schools (11)

School	Ages	Headline results
Colchester Academy	11–16[2]	A8 35 2025/26[8]
Paxman Academy	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Philip Morant School and College	11–18[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
St Benedict's Catholic College	11–16[2]	A8 58 2025/26[8]
St Helena School	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
The Gilberd School	11–16[2]	A8 50 2025/26[8]
The Sixth Form College Colchester	16–99[2]	AL C+ 2024/25[9]
The Stanway School	11–16[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8]
The Thomas Lord Audley School	11–16[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8]
The Trinity School	11–16[2]	A8 50 2025/26[8]
Thurstable School	11–16[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8] AL C- 2023/24[10]

Primary schools (63)

School	Ages	Headline results
Baynards Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[11]
Birch Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[11]
Boxted St Peter's Church of England School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[11]
Braiswick Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[11]
Brinkley Grove Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[11]
Broomgrove Infant School	4–7[2]
Broomgrove Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[11]
Camulos Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[11]
Chappel CofE Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[11]
Cherry Tree Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[11]
Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[11]
Dedham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[11]
Fingringhoe Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[11]
Fordham All Saints CofE Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[11]
Friars Grove Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[11]
Gosbecks Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[11]
Great Tey Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[11]
Hamilton Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[11]
Hazelmere Infant School and Nursery	4–7[2]
Hazelmere Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[11]
Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West Bergholt	5–11[2]	KS2 86% 2024/25[11]
Highwoods Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[11]
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Eight Ash Green and Aldham	5–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[11]
Home Farm Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[11]
Kendall Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[11]
King's Ford Infant School and Nursery	2–7[2]
Kings Ford Academy	7–11[2]	KS2 29% 2024/25[11]
Lakelands Primary School	4–11[2]
Langenhoe Community Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[11]
Langham Primary Academy	4–11[2]
Layer-de-la-Haye Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[11]
Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[11]
Mersea Island School	2–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[11]
Messing Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 36% 2024/25[11]
Milldene Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[11]
Millfields Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[11]
Monkwick Infant and Nursery School	2–7[2]
Monkwick Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[11]
Montgomery Primary School, Colchester	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[11]
Myland Community Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[11]
North Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[11]
Old Heath Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[11]
Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[11]
Prettygate Infant School	5–7[2]
Prettygate Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[11]
Queen Boudica Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[11]
Roach Vale Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[11]
St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy, Marks Tey	4–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[11]
St James the Great Church of England Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[11]
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[11]
St John's Green Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[11]
St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, Rowhedge	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[11]
St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[11]
St Michael's Primary School and Nursery, Colchester	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[11]
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester	2–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[11]
St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester	4–11[2]	KS2 93% 2024/25[11]
St. George's School	3–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[11]
Stanway Fiveways Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[11]
Stanway Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[11]
The Bishop William Ward Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[11]
Tiptree Heath Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[11]
Unity Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[11]
Willow Brook Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[11]

Independent schools (4)

School	Ages	Headline results
Colchester Prep & High School	2–16[2]
Holmwood House School	0–16[2]
Littlegarth School	2–11[2]
St Mary's School for Girls	2–17[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Doucecroft School	3–19[2]
Kingswode Hoe School	5–16[2]
Langham Oaks	10–16[2]
Lexden Springs School	3–19[2]
North East Essex Co-operative Academy	4–16[2]
The St Aubyn Centre Education Department	13–18[2]

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Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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