Colne Community School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Colchester, Essex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Essex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Colne Community School is a secondary school in Colchester, Essex for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2023. Essex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Colne Community 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 2024/25, 40% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Essex.
- Every Year 7 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 59 of the 71 other Essex secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 234 first-choice applications for 256 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 22 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
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
- Church Road, Brightlingsea, Colchester, CO7 0QL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 1,289 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 June 2023
Strengths
- “Colne Community School is a much-improved school.”
- “Pupils enjoy their time at school.”
- “The majority of pupils develop positive attitudes to learning.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, some teachers do not deliver the curriculum as well as others.”
- “For instance, they do not adapt what they teach to what pupils know or can do, including some pupils with SEND.”
- “Pupils do not learn as well when this happens.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 September 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) | 40% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 43 | 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: 234 first-preference applications, 256 offers in total, 234 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 Clacton 5.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Thomas Lord Audley School 6.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Clacton County High School 6.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Colchester Academy 6.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Colchester Royal Grammar School 7.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Paxman Academy 7.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Philip Morant School and College 7.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Helena School 7.7 mi Good Last distance published