Colchester Royal Grammar School: Prospectus

Prospectus

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Headmaster: K L Jenkinson, MA
Chairman of Governors: Dr J G Tillett

Status and Character: 11-18 boys' selective foundation school with sixth form girls, and some boarding provision for boys.
Number of students at September 2007: 791
Standard admissions number: 96
Number intended to admit into Year 7:    September 2008: 96    September 2009: 96
Number intended to admit into Year 9:    September 2009: 4    September 2009: 4
Intended size of the sixth form for September 2008: 300
Number of external students admitted to Year 12 in September 2007: 68

Throughout these pages, words such as he and his may be read as she and her, as appropriate.

School Sessions

Daily Session Times
The morning session is from 8.50 am until 12.35 pm. The afternoon session is from 1.30 pm until 3.40 pm. There is a break of twenty minutes each day at 11.15 am. There are five hours of teaching in each day.

Students' Absences
Number of day pupils of compulsory school age: 493
The percentage of half days (sessions) missed through authorised absence (2006/07): 4.6%
The percentage of half days (sessions) missed through unauthorised absence (2006/07): 0.0%

Information, relevant DCSF documents, statutory instruments, Ofsted reports, school policy statements, schemes of work and syllabuses may be seen on request to the school office. The contents of this prospectus were correct as at 20th September 2007; it should not be assumed that there have been no changes since then. From 1st September 2004 CRGS has been designated a Specialist Science College.

Routes taken by pupils over 16
There were 101 pupils aged 15 at the start of the 2006/07 school year. Of those the following proportion has since commenced:

There were 144 pupils aged 16 at the start of the 2006/07 school year. Of those the following proportion has commenced:

There were 147 pupils aged 17 or over at the start of the 2006/07 school year. Of those the following proportion has commenced:

Accommodation and Environment
The school, which is half a mile from the town centre, stands amongst trees in delightful, mature gardens, which are open to all students. There is a mixture of old and new buildings: superb school hall with a large stage with sound and lighting control, and a pipe organ; gymnasium; heated outdoor swimming pool; attractive restaurant facilities; refurbished music and drama centre; new science block comprising two laboratories each for physics, chemistry and biology; three further science labs; a computer suite of four rooms equipped to allow individual access to PCs; in addition to computers within subject areas which are linked by a LAN which covers all offices and classrooms; a fine, well-stocked library and resources area; a Connexions centre and other specialist rooms including a block for classics and history, completed in 2000; and a sixth form common room. A new block for art was opened in 2003 and the technology block was upgraded. In 2006 a new extension to the Science block was completed and two new Chemistry laboratories were opened. An on-going programme of remodelling and redecoration ensures an attractive and welcoming working environment. The playing fields, which are about half a mile away, are attractive and extensive and include pitches for all the major sports - rugby, hockey and cricket - as well as for football, hard and grass tennis courts, a netball court and a pavilion with changing facilities.