# Colchester County High School for Girls

Colchester County High School for Girls is a secondary school in Colchester, for pupils aged 11 to 18.

It had 1,198 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Secondary school. Code E137515. [Colchester](https://openindex.co.uk/colchester)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,198
- Council: Colchester
- URN: 137515

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Outstanding (overall), November 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 28 November 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Colchester County High School for Girls was 79.7, against 49.6 in Colchester and 46.2 in England.
98.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).

### End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs): 2025/26, provisional

| Measure | This school | Colchester | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Average Attainment 8 score | 79.7 | 49.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98.4% | 52.6% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 68.6% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 190 | – | – |

The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [St Benedict's Catholic College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-benedicts-catholic-college-e115382): 10 m. Secondary. School remains Good, July 2023. Attainment 8 of 58.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- [St Mary's School for Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-marys-school-for-girls-e115394): 420 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Philip Morant School and College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/philip-morant-school-and-college-e146794): 490 m. Secondary. Good (overall), September 2023. Attainment 8 of 45.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Kingswode Hoe School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingswode-hoe-school-e144897): 700 m. Special. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- [Colchester Royal Grammar School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/colchester-royal-grammar-school-e149899): 830 m. Secondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 80.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Hamilton Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hamilton-primary-school-e114706): 860 m. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137515)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/137515)

## How to cite

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