St Mary's School for Girls
Other independent school · Girls · Essex
91 Lexden Road, Colchester, CO3 3RB
84
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
424
Capacity used
Has space71%
600 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 2–17
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Lee Daniel Faith
- Address
- 91 Lexden Road, Colchester, CO3 3RB
- Phone
- 01206572544
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward / constituency
- Lexden and Braiswick · Colchester
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 115394
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
424 pupils · 600 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 59.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 76% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 94% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.71 | — | — |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 66.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 82.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 100% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 68.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.26 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 51 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 51 | 39% | 84% | 100% | |
| English Language | 51 | 47% | 92% | 100% | |
| English Literature | 51 | 51% | 94% | 100% | |
| Combined Science | 35 | 31% | 86% | 100% | |
| History | 28 | 68% | 93% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 21 | 43% | 100% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 18 | 28% | 78% | 89% | |
| French | 17 | 35% | 59% | 82% | |
| Geography | 17 | 65% | 94% | 100% | |
| Biology | 16 | 88% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 16 | 75% | 100% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 16 | 88% | 100% | 100% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.