The Thomas Lord Audley School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Essex
Monkwick Avenue, Colchester, CO2 8NJ
58
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
84%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
92.4%
20.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
940
Capacity used
Over capacity112%
840 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
84%
1st preference success rate
187 of 223 families who put it first got an offer
191
Places offered
440
Total applications
2.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 223 | 187 | ● 84% |
| 2nd preference | 68 | 3 | ● 4% |
| 3rd preference | 48 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 101 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 440 | 191 | 43% |
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
- Simon Essex
- Address
- Monkwick Avenue, Monkwick, Colchester, CO2 8NJ
- Phone
- 01206547911
- Local authority
- Essex
- Ward / constituency
- Berechurch · Colchester
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137937
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 30% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 5% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE SIGMA TRUST
940 pupils · 840 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
26 March 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 946 pupils
Attendance
92.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
20.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.2%
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 | 40.5 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.13 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 38% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 57% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.48 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 41.9% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 61.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 13.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.51 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 167 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 166 | 12% | 43% | 64% | |
| Mathematics | 165 | 12% | 48% | 67% | |
| Statistics | 161 | 4% | 33% | 55% | |
| English Literature | 161 | 14% | 56% | 72% | |
| Combined Science | 151 | 9% | 36% | 58% | |
| Art and Design | 112 | 9% | 42% | 74% | |
| History | 94 | 16% | 49% | 65% | |
| Geography | 69 | 16% | 51% | 62% | |
| Social Studies | 39 | 13% | 36% | 51% | |
| Physical Education | 34 | 15% | 53% | 68% | |
| German | 24 | 17% | 58% | 83% | |
| Computer Science | 21 | 5% | 29% | 48% |
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.