Honywood School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Colchester, Essex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Essex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Honywood School is a secondary school in Colchester, Essex for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 December 2022. Essex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Honywood School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | Not published |
| Year 7 2023 | Not published |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, there were 192 first-choice applications for 179 offers, 1.1 first choices per offer, the 22nd highest of 75 Essex secondary schools.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry, 165 offers went to first-choice families and 27 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25 GCSE English and maths: 48% of pupils got grade 5 or above (England 45%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Essex.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Essex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Westfield Drive, Coggeshall, Colchester, CO6 1PZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 849 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning at The Honywood School.”
- “They are polite and respectful.”
- “They develop positive working relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “However, not all pupils read as well, or as often, as they could.”
- “A small minority of pupils do not always behave as they should.”
- “Absence, and in particular persistent absence, is too high.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 January 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.3 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 192 first-preference applications, 179 offers in total, 165 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- Lift New Rickstones 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thurstable School 4.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Alec Hunter Academy 4.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Ramsey Academy, Halstead 5.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form 6.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lift Maltings 6.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tabor Academy 6.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- The Stanway School 6.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published