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The Stanway School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Winstree Road, Stanway, Colchester CO3 0QA · stanway.essex.sch.uk · 01206 575488
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 48.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Essex 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,396
- 100% of 1,400 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 16.2%
- First language not English
- 6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Sigma Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 254 families put the school first and 273 places were offered; 97% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 273 | 254 | 0.9 | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 272 | 249 | 0.9 | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 276 | 246 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 276 | 322 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 278 | 267 | 1 | 96% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.2, and 54.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Essex it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲48.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲54.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲73.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼34.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.25 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 5.4 | −0.5 |
| Sixth form college | 44.1 | +0.7 |
| Further education | 38.4 | −0.6 |
| Other education | 0.4 | −0.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.9 | +1.1 |
| Employment | 3.2 | −0.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.9 | −0.5 |
| Activity not captured | 1.8 | +1.4 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 7 June 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for The Stanway School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 6 Jun 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2013
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (229 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 71%
- Replies
- 229
- 16% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 50 parents (22%) with SEND