Columbus School and College
Catchment Area, Reviews and Key Information

Primary & Secondary
Post 16
Special school

Oliver Way
Chelmsford
CM1 4ZB
01245491492
Essex County Council
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Pupils
243
Ages
3 - 19
Gender
Mixed
Type
Academy - Converter special school
4 1 1 2 3 4
NATIONAL AVG. 2.06
Ofsted Report
(19/9/17)
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96%
NATIONAL AVG. 92%
Happiness Rating

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7.4:1
NATIONAL AVG. 20.7:1
Pupil/Teacher ratio
33.3%
NATIONAL AVG. 8.7%
Persistent Absence
7%
NATIONAL AVG. 21.2%
Pupils first language
not English
28.7%
NATIONAL AVG. 23%
Free school meals

School Description

Columbus is a larger than average special academy for pupils and students with profound, severe, complex learning difficulties aged 3–19. There are currently 226 pupils on roll. 122 are based on the School Campus (aged 3–13) and 101 are based on the College Campus (age range 14-19). The campuses are located 200m apart. Pupils come from the Mid Essex area and occasionally the London Boroughs. Two thirds are boys and at present less than one fifth of the pupils are from ethnic minority backgrounds. Over two fifths of the pupils are eligible for the pupil premium which is above the national average. The pupil premium is an additional sum of money provided by the government to support the achievement of certain groups of pupils, such as those who are looked after and those known to be eligible for free school meals. In April 2012 Columbus became a National Support school and is part of a National School Alliance offering support to other schools in the North Chelmsford area through a SEND service. In May 2012 Columbus became an academy in partnership with The Academies Enterprise Trust and benefits from the full range of school improvement and advisory support which this sponsor offers.

Columbus School and College Catchment Area Map

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This School Guide heat map has been plotted using official pupil data taken from the last School Census collected by the Department for Education. It is a visualisation of where pupils lived at the time of the annual School Census.

Our heat maps use groups of postcodes, not individual postcodes, and have naturally soft edges. All pupils are included in the mapping (i.e. children with siblings already at the school, high priority pupils and selective and/or religious admissions) but we may have removed statistical ‘outliers’ with more remote postcodes that do not reflect majority admissions.

For some schools, the heat map may be a useful indicator of the catchment area but our heat maps are not the same as catchment area maps. Catchment area maps, published by the school or local authority, are based on geographical admissions criteria and show actual cut-off distances and pre-defined catchment areas for a single admission year.

This information is provided as a guide only. The areas from which pupils are admitted to a school can change from year to year to reflect the number of siblings and pupils admitted under high priority admissions criteria.

3 steps to help parents gather catchment information for a school:

  1. Look at our heat maps. They give a useful indicator of the general areas that admit pupils to the school. This visualisation is based on all attending pupils present at the time of the annual School Census.
  2. Use the link to the Local Authority Contact (above) to find catchment area information based on a single admission year. This is very important if you are considering applying to a school.
  3. On each school page, use the link to visit the school website and find information on individual school admissions criteria. Geographical criteria are only applied after pupils have been admitted on higher priority criteria such as Looked After Children, SEN, siblings, etc.

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