Colchester Institute
Colchester Institute is a further education in Colchester for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3LL01206 712000Mrs Alison Andreas principal and chief executiveAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
2,149 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 2,149 | 2,000 | 2,034 | 2,035 | 3,793 | 4,236 |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 25.47 | 26.01 | 26.21 | 29.22 | – | – |
| T levels: points per entry | 24.85 | 23.27 | 21.61 | 26.27 | – | – |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Essex council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 1,891 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 59%, compared with 76% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 32% went on to degree-level study or training and 1% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 71% | 74% | 76% | – |
| Education | 17% | 20% | 21% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 9% | 9% | 11% | 1% |
| Work | 45% | 45% | 44% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 22% | 20% | 20% | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Helena School | Academy | 190 m | 986 | Good 2024 | 43 | Compare |
| North Primary School and Nursery | Council | 480 m | 458 | Good 2023 | 32 | Compare |
| The Sixth Form College Colchester | Academy 16-19 converter | 510 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Kingswode Hoe School | Academy | 630 m | 167 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| Colchester Royal Grammar School | Academy (grammar) | 770 m | 1,073 | Report card 2026 | 100 | Compare |
| Colchester Prep & High School | Independent | 780 m | 280 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Mary's School for Girls | Independent | 900 m | 424 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St John's Green Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 591 | Good 2023 | 53 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Colchester Institute a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Colchester Institute yet.
How many pupils does Colchester Institute have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Sheepen Road, Colchester, CO3 3LL
- Telephone
- 01206 712000
- Principal and Chief Executive
- Mrs Alison Andreas
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 16-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward
- Castle
- Constituency
- Colchester
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 130674 · LAESTAB 8818006 · UKPRN 10001535
- Formerly
- Braintree College
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.