Colchester Royal Grammar School
Lexden Road, Colchester, CO3 3ND
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Boys (mixed sixth form)
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Admissions: Selective
- Sixth form: Yes
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,073 (922 boys, 151 girls) Girls numbers are sixth-form students.
- Capacity: 777
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 4%
- Telephone: 01206509100
- Ofsted: report card, no overall grade (inspected 14 Apr 2026)
- Attainment 8: 80.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 804 applications, 128 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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- Colchester County High School for Girls (0.5 miles, straight line)
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- St John's Green Primary School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- St Helena School (0.6 miles, straight line)
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