Columbus School and College

URN: 138122

Address: Oliver Way, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 4ZB
LIFT SCHOOLS

Rating and reports

Inspection outcome

Ofsted made the following key judgements following school inspection on 20 May 2025:

Quality of education:

Requires Improvement

Behaviour and attitudes:

Requires Improvement

Personal development:

Requires Improvement

Leadership and management:

Inadequate

Sixth form provision:

Inadequate

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

All reports

  1. Full inspection Full inspection, PDF - 09 July 2025
  2. School inspection: GoodSchool inspection, PDF - 17 September 2024
  3. School inspection School inspection, PDF - 05 July 2023
  4. Short inspection Short inspection, PDF - 16 November 2017
  5. Full inspection: OutstandingFull inspection, PDF - 21 July 2014
  6. Opened
  7. Previously Columbus School and College Closed

Next inspection

From September 2024, graded inspections will not include an overall effectiveness grade. Schools inspected from then will not have the same way of working out when to expect their next inspection. We will set out the expected dates for when we will next inspect them from September 2025. These schools should not expect to receive an ungraded or graded inspection before then. Some could receive an urgent or monitoring inspection, which can be deemed a graded inspection. 

About Columbus School and College

  • Type: Academy
  • Boarding: No
  • Religious character: Does Not Apply
  • Local authority: Essex

Pupils

  • Age Range: 3 - 19
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Number of pupils: 286
  • School capacity: 270

Location

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  • Address: Oliver Way, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 4ZB
  • Region: East of England

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