Paxman Academy

Paxman Avenue, Colchester, Essex, CO2 9DB

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About this school

Paxman Academy is a Free schools serving secondary age pupils, located in Colchester, Essex. The school has 886 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 6 February 2024). Last inspected 6 February 2024. The Headteacher is Debbie Kershaw. The school is administered by Essex local authority. It belongs to THE SIGMA TRUST. It opened in 2 September 2019.

School details

Head

Debbie Kershaw

Trust

THE SIGMA TRUST

Local authority

Essex

Gender

Mixed

URN

147080

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Paxman Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Essex). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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