Secondary schools in Colchester
15 secondary schools in Colchester, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Colchester in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 15 schools in Colchester first 3,177 times for 3,057 places: 1.04 first choices per place. 7 of the 15 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: East Bergholt High School, to 6.69 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Colchester County High School for Girls
- Colchester Royal Grammar School
- Colchester Academy
- Colne Community School
- East Bergholt High School
- Honywood School
- Paxman Academy
- Philip Morant School and College
- St Benedict's Catholic College
- St Helena School
- The Stanway School
- The Trinity School
- Thurstable School
- The Gilberd School
- The Thomas Lord Audley School
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