Colchester Academy
Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, CO4 3JL
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 16
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: No
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 879 (446 boys, 433 girls)
- Capacity: 910
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 42.1%
- Telephone: 01206861217
- Ofsted: Good (8 Mar 2023)
- Attainment 8: 35.3 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 238 applications, 160 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
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