Paxman Academy

Type Secondary / Free schools
Age Range 11-16
Religion Unknown
Address Paxman Avenue
Colchester
Essex
CO2 9DB
Phone 01206413813
Reference Number 147080

General Makeup

Number of pupils 895
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 54.41%
Girls: 45.59%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 26.4%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 12.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.8

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 96 80 176
8 98 78 176
9 102 78 180
10 96 83 179
11 95 89 184

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 74.7%
White, Other 6%
African 4.4%
Mixed, Other 3.9%
Asian, Other 2.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.6%
White & Black (African) 1.3%
Caribbean 1.1%
Unclassified 0.8%
White & Asian 0.7%
Chinese 0.3%
Indian 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
Last Inspection Date 2024-03-14
Date Description Report
2024-02-06 School inspection: School inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 41.3% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 56% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 120 14
Third Preference 105 3
From another Local Authority 1 0

Previous Years

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Name Distance
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0.4 miles
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0.4 miles
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0.63 miles
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