The Sixth Form College Colchester
Sixth form and 16 to 19 school · Academy 16-19 converter · ages 16 to 99 · Mixed
North Hill, Colchester, CO1 1SN
- Pupils–
- Ages16 to 99
- Latest Ofsted–
- FundingState-funded
Ofsted inspections
Ofsted’s data has no published inspection for this school yet. New schools, and schools that have reopened under a new reference number (for example on becoming an academy), may not have been inspected in their current form.
Source: Ofsted, state-funded school inspections and outcomes: management information (latest inspections as at the date in About the data). Newer inspections may be on Ofsted’s website. How Ofsted inspections work.
Results
Sixth form results (16 to 18)
2024/25 · 3,261 students. What these mean
A level average grade
C+
Average point score per entry: 32.87 · Essex: 34.68 · England (state-funded schools): 35
Best 3 A levels: average grade
C+
Applied general qualifications: average grade
Merit+
A level progress (value added)
How well students did in their A levels compared with students across England with similar earlier results. 0 is about the same.
2024/25
−0.08
The DfE gives a range of −0.12 to −0.05 (95% confidence interval). The whole range is below 0, so progress was below the national average.
Progress band: Below average (published as a number from 1 to 5; how we word it)
AAB or better at A level, with at least 2 facilitating subjects
A level students retained to the end of their course
Results describe one group of pupils in one year, so they can change a lot — especially in small schools. The DfE says “conclusions should not be drawn on a single piece of data alone.” This school on the DfE’s performance tables (opens in a new tab).
Source: Department for Education, school performance tables. England and local authority figures are the DfE’s own, for the same year.
Pupils and attendance
Sources: Get Information about Schools; DfE school census and absence statistics via the performance tables. What these figures mean.
About the school
- Type
- Academy 16-19 converter (Academies)
- Phase
- 16 plus
- Trust
- THE SIXTH FORM COLLEGES TRUST
- Boys, girls or mixed
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Opened
- 1 September 2024
- Local authority
- Essex
- Parliamentary constituency
- Colchester
- URN
- 151134 (the DfE’s reference number for the school)
Source: Get Information about Schools (Department for Education). See the full record (opens in a new tab).
Admissions
For a sixth-form place you apply directly to the school or college.
How school admissions work: deadlines, oversubscription and appeals.