The Stanway School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Essex
Winstree Road, Colchester, CO3 0QA
68
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
94%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.6%
16.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,396
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,400 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
94%
1st preference success rate
233 of 249 families who put it first got an offer
272
Places offered
890
Total applications
3.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 249 | 233 | ● 94% |
| 2nd preference | 153 | 27 | ● 18% |
| 3rd preference | 195 | 8 | ● 4% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 293 | 4 | ● 1% |
| Total | 890 | 272 | 31% |
1st preference success by year
Essex lets families list 6 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- John Player
- Address
- Winstree Road, Stanway, Colchester, CO3 0QA
- Phone
- 01206575488
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward / constituency
- Stanway · Witham
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137927
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 16% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE SIGMA TRUST
1,396 pupils · 1,400 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
07 June 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,427 pupils
Attendance
92.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
16.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 47.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.07 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 48% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 70% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.17 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 54.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 73.9% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 34.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.25 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 272 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
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 | 269 | 19% | 62% | 80% | |
| English Language | 269 | 16% | 55% | 73% | |
| English Literature | 264 | 17% | 62% | 78% | |
| Combined Science | 233 | 12% | 43% | 64% | |
| Geography | 129 | 20% | 50% | 66% | |
| History | 124 | 29% | 58% | 69% | |
| French | 93 | 31% | 75% | 77% | |
| Social Studies | 84 | 17% | 65% | 80% | |
| Art and Design | 70 | 20% | 73% | 87% | |
| Physical Education | 69 | 14% | 51% | 71% | |
| Media / Film / TV | 47 | 9% | 40% | 60% | |
| Religious Studies | 41 | 44% | 73% | 80% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Essex council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.