Colchester Royal Grammar School
Lexden Road, Colchester, CO3 3ND
This school is closed (it closed in April 2023).
It was replaced by Colchester Royal Grammar School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Christian
- Headteacher
- Mr John Russell
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Constituency
- Colchester
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 777
- Pupils on roll
- 994
- URN
- 137814
- Local authority
- Essex
About this school
Colchester Royal Grammar School was a Christian boys' secondary academy in Colchester. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 994 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Colchester Royal Grammar School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 2012, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 119 |
| Attainment 8 score | 81.5 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.93 +0.64 to +1.21 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 100% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 76% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 7.8 |
How Colchester Royal Grammar School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 76% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.9% | 5.3% | 994 | — |
| Colchester Royal Grammar School | 82.1 | 5.4% | 6.6% | 1,073 | 0.0 miles |
| St Benedict's Catholic College | 54.7 | 5.8% | 12.6% | 905 | 0.5 miles |
| Colchester County High School for Girls | 80.6 | 4.2% | 5% | 1,198 | 0.5 miles |
| St Helena School | 46 | 8% | 31.3% | 986 | 0.6 miles |
| Philip Morant School and College | 44.5 | 7.7% | 26.3% | 1,888 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 5.3%
- English as an additional language
- 15.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.9%
- Persistent absence
- 16.6%
Location
Nearby schools
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Colchester Royal Grammar School0.0 miles
Secondary · Colchester
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St Benedict's Catholic College0.5 miles
Secondary · Colchester
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Colchester County High School for Girls0.5 miles
Secondary · Colchester
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St Helena School0.6 miles
Secondary · Colchester
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Philip Morant School and College0.7 miles
Secondary · Colchester
Other schools in Colchester
- Colchester Academy Secondary
- Colchester County High School for Girls Secondary
- Colchester Royal Grammar School Secondary
- Colne Community School Secondary
- East Bergholt High School Secondary
- Honywood School Secondary
- Paxman Academy Secondary
- Philip Morant School and College Secondary
- St Benedict's Catholic College Secondary
- St Helena School Secondary
- The Gilberd School Secondary
- The Stanway School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Colchester Royal Grammar School teach?
- Colchester Royal Grammar School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Colchester.
- Has Colchester Royal Grammar School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Colchester Royal Grammar School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Colchester Royal Grammar School?
- Colchester Royal Grammar School had 994 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- What are Colchester Royal Grammar School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Colchester Royal Grammar School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 13 September 2023.