Colchester Royal Grammar School

Lexden Road, Colchester, CO3 3ND

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About this school

Colchester Royal Grammar School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Colchester. The school has 1,059 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Inadequate (graded inspection, 11 May 2021). Last inspected 14 April 2026. The Headteacher is John Russell. The school is administered by Essex local authority. It belongs to THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST. The school has boys-only admissions and a Christian religious character. It opened in 1 May 2023.

School details

Head

John Russell

Trust

THE THINKING SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST

Local authority

Essex

Gender

Boys

Religious character

Christian

URN

149899

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Colchester Royal Grammar School 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.

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