The Sixth Form College Colchester
The Sixth Form College Colchester is an academy 16-19 converter in Colchester for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
North Hill, Colchester, CO1 1SN01206 500700colchsfc.ac.ukMs Jo Cadman headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2024: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
1,687 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,687 | 1,714 | 1,727 | 1,610 |
| Average A level points per entryA level APS per entry | 32.87 | 32.50 | 31.55 | 35.17 |
| Average A level grade | C+ | C+ | – | B- |
| Best three A levelsBest 3 A levels APS | 34.13 | – | – | – |
| AAB or better in subjects universities likeAAB+ in two facilitating subjects | 8% | – | – | – |
| A level progressA level value added | -0.08 | -0.09 | – | – |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 29.07 | 28.50 | 29.88 | 30.52 |
| Stayed and finishedRetained and assessed | 90% | – | – | – |
A level subjects
43 A level subjects had results in 2025. Each figure is the share of students who got an A* to B, next to the average for state sixth forms in England. When only a handful of students take a subject, its figures jump around from year to year.
Strongest A levels
Every A level subject against England, 2025
A levels only. BTECs, T levels and other courses are in the table above. Subjects with fewer than five students aren't published.
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 1,425 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 69% went on to degree-level study or training and 10% to a top-third university.
Money
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester Institute | Further education | 510 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| North Primary School and Nursery | Council | 540 m | 458 | Good 2023 | 32 | Compare |
| Colchester Prep & High School | Independent | 570 m | 280 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St John's Green Primary School | Council | 580 m | 591 | Good 2023 | 53 | Compare |
| St Helena School | Academy | 640 m | 986 | Good 2024 | 43 | Compare |
| Colchester Royal Grammar School | Academy (grammar) | 710 m | 1,073 | Report card 2026 | 100 | Compare |
| Kingswode Hoe School | Academy | 950 m | 167 | Report card 2026 | – | Compare |
| St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester | Academy | 970 m | 209 | Outstanding 2023 | 99 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Sixth Form College Colchester a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score The Sixth Form College Colchester yet.
How many pupils does The Sixth Form College Colchester 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
- North Hill, Colchester, CO1 1SN
- Telephone
- 01206 500700
- Website
- www.colchsfc.ac.uk
- Headteacher
- Ms Jo Cadman
- Type of school
- Academy 16-19 converter (Academy 16-19 converter, academies)
- Phase
- Sixth form / post-16, ages 16-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- The Sixth Form Colleges Trust (2 schools)
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward
- Castle
- Constituency
- Colchester
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2024 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151134 · LAESTAB 8818600 · UKPRN 10095824
- Formerly
- The Sixth Form College Colchester
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.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- A level subjects: DfE A level and other 16 to 18 results, subject entries and grades, 2024/25.
- 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.