The Sixth Form College Colchester
Academy · Year 12–Year 13
Colchester Royal Grammar School
Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3ND
Year groups
Year 7–Year 13
Secondary
Pupils
1,073
On roll
Ages
11–18
Capacity 777
Local authority
Essex
The Thinking Schools Academy Trust
Schola Grade 9
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Some measures aren't reported for this school, so the grade uses the ones available. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About Colchester Royal Grammar School
Colchester Royal Grammar School is a secondary academy in Colchester, Essex, for pupils aged 11–18 (Year 7–Year 13). It is part of The Thinking Schools Academy Trust.
It has 1,073 pupils on roll and room for 777. It is a boys' school. It is a grammar school: state-funded, and admitting pupils by an entrance test. It has a sixth form. It takes boarders. Religious character: Christian. Its Schola Grade is 9 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Academy · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 7–Year 13
- Ages
- 11–18
- Official type
- Academy converter
- Pupils
- Boys only
- Admissions
- Selective (grammar)
- Religious character
- Christian
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,073
- Capacity
- 777 pupils
- Free school meals
- 4.70% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- The Thinking Schools Academy Trust
- Local authority
- Essex
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 149899
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