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The Thomas Lord Audley School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Monkwick Avenue, Monkwick, Colchester CO2 8NJ · tla.essex.sch.uk · 01206 547911
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 42.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Essex 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 940
- 100 over 840 places · 112%
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.4%
- First language not English
- 4.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Sigma Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 241 families put the school first and 185 places were offered; 73% 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 | 185 | 241 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 191 | 223 | 1.2▲ | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 194 | 179 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 189 | 180 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 162 | 201 | 1.2▲ | 76% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.3, and 41.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼42.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼41.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼61.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼13.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.51 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 7.3 | +4.3 |
| Sixth form college | 29.1 | +7.8 |
| Further education | 45.5 | −9.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 3 | +0.6 |
| Employment | 3.6 | −3.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.1 | 0 |
| Activity not captured | 2.4 | 0 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 March 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for The Thomas Lord Audley School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Apr 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (146 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 146
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 44 parents (30%) with SEND