All secondary schools near Colchester. View independent schools only, or view secondary schools in Essex, your LEA (Local Education Authority).
| School | Miles | Age | LEA | Pupils at end KS4 | GCSE results | CVA | APS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National average | 47% | 378 | ||||||
| Colchester High School* | 0.25 miles | 3-16 | Essex | 28 | 79% | - | 439.6 | |
| Colchester Royal Grammar School | 0.27 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 100 | 100% | 1007.6 | 600.4 | |
| Colchester County High School for Girls | 0.62 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 105 | 100% | 1000.6 | 607.3 | |
| St Benedict's Catholic College | 0.62 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 164 | 65% | 1023.1 | 458.6 | |
| St Mary's School* | 0.62 miles | 4-16 | Essex | 60 | 97% | - | 422.5 | |
| Philip Morant School and College | 0.77 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 280 | 65% | 1008 | 436.6 | |
| St Helena School | 0.85 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 204 | 39% | 983.6 | 347.7 | |
| Alderman Blaxill School | 1.12 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 127 | 17% | 993.2 | 289 | |
| The Thomas Lord Audley School and Language College | 1.27 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 183 | 27% | 971.1 | 302.9 | |
| The Stanway School | 2.11 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 188 | 46% | 1019.2 | 468.6 | |
| Sir Charles Lucas Arts College | 2.27 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 208 | 26% | 964.2 | 247.1 | |
| Donyland Lodge * | 2.36 miles | 11-18 | Essex | No results available. | ||||
| The Gilberd School | 2.56 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 259 | 61% | 1005.6 | 386.7 | |
| Colne Community School | 7.13 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 249 | 51% | 996.8 | 368.5 | |
| Thurstable School | 7.46 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 188 | 49% | 990.5 | 371.5 | |
| Manningtree High School | 8.11 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 170 | 50% | 993.9 | 344.8 | |
| The Honywood Community Science School | 8.58 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 178 | 62% | 1016.1 | 429 | |
| East Bergholt High School | 8.77 miles | 11-16 | Suffolk | 174 | 65% | 1007 | 436 | |
| The Ramsey School | 11.31 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 146 | 32% | 967.3 | 318.7 | |
| Hadleigh High School | 11.44 miles | 11-16 | Suffolk | 153 | 61% | 1006.5 | 387.7 | |
| Great Cornard Upper School and Technology College | 11.46 miles | 13-18 | Suffolk | 225 | 48% | 975.8 | 330.5 | |
| The Rickstones School | 11.67 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 114 | 18% | 987.7 | 305.7 | |
| Bishops Park College | 11.71 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 116 | 15% | 954.5 | 186 | |
| Colbayns High School | 12.26 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 283 | 19% | 954.2 | 232.5 | |
| The John Bramston School | 12.50 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 236 | 33% | 980.8 | 362.9 | |
| Royal Hospital School* | 12.73 miles | 11-18 | Suffolk | 101 | - | - | 429.2 | |
| Gosfield School* | 12.99 miles | 4-18 | Essex | 18 | 50% | - | 407.5 | |
| Clacton County High School | 13.07 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 277 | 40% | 993.2 | 322.8 | |
| Sudbury Upper School & Arts College | 13.16 miles | 13-18 | Suffolk | 271 | 37% | 1010.5 | 357.2 | |
| Alec Hunter Humanities College | 13.44 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 181 | 30% | 975.5 | 315.6 | |
| Holbrook High School | 13.64 miles | 11-16 | Suffolk | 105 | 60% | 1014.2 | 422.9 | |
| Plume School | 14.00 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 287 | 50% | 991.2 | 358 | |
| Notley High School | 14.56 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 244 | 55% | 1001.4 | 398.4 | |
| Hedingham School | 14.66 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 201 | 55% | 994 | 412.3 | |
| Tabor Science College | 14.94 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 205 | 51% | 1001.2 | 371.3 | |
| Chantry High School and Sixth Form Centre | 15.19 miles | 11-18 | Suffolk | 205 | 25% | 1020.4 | 359.6 | |
| St Joseph's College* | 15.26 miles | 2-19 | Suffolk | 68 | 57% | - | 371.3 | |
| Ipswich High School* | 15.48 miles | 3-18 | Suffolk | 68 | 100% | - | 521.4 | |
| Tendring Technology College | 15.66 miles | 11-19 | Essex | 292 | 46% | 1031 | 399.6 | |
| Stoke High School | 15.67 miles | 11-16 | Suffolk | 165 | 33% | 1006.4 | 328.9 | |
| The Harwich School A Language College | 16.25 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 218 | 30% | 987.5 | 325.3 | |
| Westbourne High School | 16.52 miles | 11-18 | Suffolk | 181 | 31% | 1010.1 | 334.2 | |
| Holywells High School | 16.79 miles | 11-16 | Suffolk | 184 | 20% | 993.6 | 284 | |
| Ipswich School* | 16.82 miles | 3-18 | Suffolk | 111 | 99% | - | 506.2 | |
| St Peter's High School and Technology College | 17.16 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 172 | 35% | 993.1 | 362.7 | |
| Larchcroft School* | 17.20 miles | 11-16 | Suffolk | 7 | 71% | - | 472.4 | |
| Thurleston High School | 17.55 miles | 11-16 | Suffolk | 174 | 34% | 995.5 | 338.7 | |
| Copleston High School | 17.61 miles | 11-18 | Suffolk | 288 | 56% | 986.3 | 378.4 | |
| Amberfield School* | 17.74 miles | 3-16 | Suffolk | 29 | 97% | - | 457.2 | |
| Northgate High School | 18.04 miles | 11-18 | Suffolk | 223 | 58% | 997.7 | 389.7 | |
| St Alban's Catholic High School | 18.15 miles | 11-18 | Suffolk | 133 | 68% | 1017.9 | 428 | |
| New Hall School* | 18.15 miles | 3-18 | Essex | 59 | 88% | - | 466.7 | |
| Claydon High School | 18.23 miles | 11-18 | Suffolk | 136 | 41% | 998.8 | 363.7 | |
| Stoke College* | 19.32 miles | 3-16 | Suffolk | 30 | - | - | 302.2 | |
| Felsted School* | 19.36 miles | 13-18 | Essex | 90 | - | - | 429.2 | |
| The Boswells School | 19.44 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 248 | 59% | 1005.1 | 422.1 | |
| Chelmer Valley High School | 19.66 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 194 | 53% | 1004.3 | 399 | |
| The Sandon School | 19.73 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 215 | 53% | 982.7 | 356.2 | |
| Kesgrave High School | 19.77 miles | 11-18 | Suffolk | 261 | 58% | 1010.7 | 398.2 | |
| Orwell High School | 19.94 miles | 11-18 | Suffolk | 165 | 42% | 998.8 | 364.2 | |
| William de Ferrers School | 20.08 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 312 | 68% | 990.4 | 370.9 | |
| Deben High School | 20.25 miles | 11-18 | Suffolk | 173 | 38% | 988.1 | 316 | |
| St John Payne Catholic Comprehensive School, Chelmsford | 20.39 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 189 | 60% | 1006.6 | 420.3 | |
| Chelmsford County High School for Girls | 20.48 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 120 | 100% | 1000.2 | 748.2 | |
| King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford | 20.71 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 112 | 98% | 994.5 | 585.1 | |
| Great Baddow High School | 20.88 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 242 | 53% | 1005.7 | 404.1 | |
| Finborough School* | 20.97 miles | 2-19 | Suffolk | 28 | 68% | - | 339.1 | |
| St Peters College | 20.99 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 158 | 22% | 954.9 | 243.7 | |
| Moulsham High School | 21.25 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 267 | 64% | 997.9 | 402.7 | |
| Felixstowe International College* | 21.29 miles | 10-18 | Suffolk | NA | - | - | N/A | |
| Greensward College | 21.38 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 266 | 63% | 1014.5 | 495.5 | |
| The King Edmund School | 21.42 miles | 11-19 | Essex | 262 | 43% | 1015.1 | 467.6 | |
| Stowmarket High School | 21.57 miles | 13-18 | Suffolk | 301 | 46% | 1008.6 | 361.2 | |
| Hylands School | 21.77 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 181 | 36% | 991.8 | 347.5 | |
| Stowupland High School | 22.61 miles | 13-18 | Suffolk | 196 | 52% | 1003.3 | 354.2 | |
| Helena Romanes School and Sixth Form Centre | 22.89 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 254 | 50% | 990.7 | 363.2 | |
| Farlingaye High School | 23.14 miles | 11-18 | Suffolk | 276 | 58% | 1025 | 406.7 | |
| Woodbridge School* | 23.27 miles | 4-18 | Suffolk | 94 | 71% | - | 482.9 | |
| The Sweyne Park School | 23.50 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 246 | 54% | 1008.5 | 356 | |
| The FitzWimarc School | 23.61 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 258 | 62% | 1004.9 | 402.4 | |
| Samuel Ward Arts and Technology College | 23.65 miles | 13-18 | Suffolk | 225 | 46% | 1018 | 389.7 | |
| Cecil Jones College | 23.75 miles | 11-18 | Southend-On-Sea | 269 | 32% | 985.4 | 402.6 | |
| Thorpe Hall School* | 23.86 miles | 2-17 | Southend-On-Sea | 33 | 67% | - | 372.9 | |
| Beauchamps High School | 23.89 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 279 | 54% | 1028.9 | 530 | |
| The Eastwood School (11-18) | 23.98 miles | 11-19 | Southend-On-Sea | 160 | 62% | 1014.2 | 474.3 | |
| Castle Manor Business and Enterprise College | 24.17 miles | 13-18 | Suffolk | 137 | 23% | 1008.2 | 324.3 | |
| Southend High School for Boys | 24.24 miles | 11-18 | Southend-On-Sea | 147 | 99% | 1001.7 | 538.2 | |
| Futures College | 24.29 miles | 11-19 | Southend-On-Sea | No results available. | ||||
| Southend High School for Girls | 24.38 miles | 11-18 | Southend-On-Sea | 147 | 97% | 999.1 | 531.4 | |
| Chase High School | 24.40 miles | 11-18 | Southend-On-Sea | 176 | 19% | 977.2 | 262.4 | |
| Four Elms Residential School * | 24.42 miles | 11-16 | Suffolk | No results available. | ||||
| St Thomas More High School for Boys | 24.58 miles | 11-18 | Southend-On-Sea | 145 | 58% | 993.2 | 350 | |
| Shoeburyness High School | 24.69 miles | 11-18 | Southend-On-Sea | 276 | 30% | 1002.2 | 364.4 | |
| Westcliff High School for Boys | 24.74 miles | 11-18 | Southend-On-Sea | 150 | 99% | 1006.2 | 528.4 | |
| Westcliff High School for Girls | 24.76 miles | 11-18 | Southend-On-Sea | 152 | 100% | 992.8 | 553.6 | |
| St Hilda's School* | 25.07 miles | 3-17 | Southend-On-Sea | 19 | 63% | - | 344.1 | |
| The Deanes School | 25.08 miles | 11-16 | Essex | 214 | 44% | 1010.2 | 369.5 | |
| The Bromfords School | 25.15 miles | 11-18 | Essex | 140 | 46% | 1010.5 | 490 | |
| St Bernard's High School and Arts College | 25.26 miles | 11-18 | Southend-On-Sea | 144 | 69% | 1031.5 | 461.1 | |
| Belfairs High School | 25.37 miles | 11-18 | Southend-On-Sea | 219 | 29% | 1005 | 313.1 | |
* Denotes an independent school. Schools data supplied by Good Schools Guide. Performance results supplied by DCSF, based on tests taken in June 2006.