Holmwood House School
Holmwood House School is an independent school in Colchester for boys and girls aged 0 to 16. It has 395 pupils and room for 450.
Chitts Hill, Lexden, Colchester, CO3 9ST01206 574305holmwood.houseMr Edward Bond headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
1 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
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.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 395 | 392 | 373 | 346 | 322 | 318 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 17% | 11% | 7% | 10% | 12% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexden Primary School with Unit for Hearing Impaired Pupils | Council | 780 m | 236 | Good 2023 | 60 | Compare |
| Stanway Primary School | Council | 0.6 miles | 390 | Good 2022 | 25 | Compare |
| Home Farm Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 422 | Report card 2026 | 90 | Compare |
| Lexden Springs School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 301 | Inadequate 2024 | – | Compare |
| The Stanway School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 1,396 | Good 2023 | 63 | Compare |
| St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, Colchester | Academy | 0.8 miles | 252 | No overall grade 2025 | 96 | Compare |
| Stanway Fiveways Primary School | Council | 0.9 miles | 473 | Good 2022 | 30 | Compare |
| Doucecroft School | Independent | 1.0 miles | 83 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Holmwood House School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Holmwood House School yet.
How many pupils does Holmwood House School have?
395 pupils aged 0 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 450 places, so it is 88% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Chitts Hill, Lexden, Colchester, CO3 9ST
- Telephone
- 01206 574305
- Website
- www.holmwood.house
- Headteacher
- Mr Edward Bond
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 0-16, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward
- Lexden and Braiswick
- Constituency
- Witham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1952
- URN
- 115410 · LAESTAB 8816016 · UKPRN 10018446
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
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.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 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.