# Paxman Academy — Colchester, United Kingdom > School profile on SchoolBrowse, based on verified parent reviews. > HTML version: https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/paxman-academy-20743 ## At a glance - **Type:** Secondary - **Parent rating:** 2.3/5 from 13 published reviews ## Contact - **Address:** Paxman Avenue - **Phone:** +44 1206413813 - **Website:** https://www.paxmanacademy.school - **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/paxman-academy-20743 ## About Welcome to Paxman Academy in the historic town of Colchester, where a supportive community and exceptional learning opportunities come together to inspire young minds. Our academy provides a safe and inclusive environment where students can thrive and reach their full potential. We are proud to be a part of the local community and look forward to welcoming you. ## Official rankings - **Ofsted (Behaviour and Attitudes):** Good — Feb 2024 - **Ofsted (Leadership and Management):** Good — Feb 2024 - **Ofsted (Overall Effectiveness):** Good — Feb 2024 - **Ofsted (Personal Development):** Good — Feb 2024 - **Ofsted (Quality of Education):** Good — Feb 2024 ## Recent parent reviews - **5/5** — A Hidden Gem in Colchester!: We were blown away by the warm welcome at Paxman Academy and the commitment of the teachers to our children's education. The school's focus on individualised learning has really helped our child to flourish, and we've seen a significant improvement in their confidence and academic progress. *(May 2025)* - **1/5** — Terrible: I have been to this school am currently in year 9 and I am moving schools because how bad it is I was sent into pack attacks because of teachers when one was trained to deal was austim for 20 years also cried because of teachers and I gained alot of stress DO NOT RECOMMEND IF YOUR CHILD HAS AUTISM OR ADHD OR BOTH *(Mar 2025)* - **5/5** — Fantastic School, Fantastic Community!: We've been thoroughly impressed with the Paxman Academy community since our child joined. The teachers are dedicated, the facilities are excellent, and the school's events are always well-organised and fun for the kids. We feel grateful to be a part of such a supportive and inclusive school family. *(Feb 2025)* - **2/5** — Hell on Earth: This place has a lot of potential but deliberately fails at eve everything thrown at it. The discipline would be more sufficient if no one was in the room at all, options for food are limited, and there isn’t much student voice, at the start of every year you can sign up for a role like head of subject but if you don’t get the part they don’t tell you why and you gotta wait another year. Some teachers don’t even feel like they know the subject they’re teaching, like how my history teacher said B… *(Apr 2024)* - **1/5** — Car parking: Staff are, Absolutely insensitive selfish, with home owners and tenants, no consideration where they park their Damn cars 5 days a week, especially Smallwood Rd and Bishop road, the school has a car park, so use it, one owner is disabled and can never park outside their own bloody home, ( Bishop road) when delivery people come to our homes they sometimes have to park in another road, the light blue ford KA car is annoying most of the occupants in Bishop road, no thought consideration for us elde… *(Jul 2023)* - **1/5** — !!!!!: The the school only cares about having perfect uniform and good grades. Only has one set group to increase average grades. All the mental health posters/slideshows round the building and on the website are just for show and the teachers can't control the classes. they act like they care and they litterally don’t. since coming here my mental health has gotten so much worse because the school don’t know how to deal with it. the teachers all pick favourites and if they don’t like you they just pick… *(Apr 2023)* - **1/5** — Prison: The the school only cares about perfect presentation of uniform and perfect grades. Only has one set group to increase average grades. All the mental health posters/slideshows round the building and on the website are just for show and the teachers can't control the classes. If you value your life, free time and mental health run for the hills. *(Apr 2023)* - **2/5** — Run while u still can: This school only cares about the student uniform and grades instead of mental health. They have posters around the school and links on their website but thats just for show. It is more like a prison in disguise than anything else and your child's mental health will suffer. So if i were you i would run while you still can *(Apr 2023)* - **2/5** — Run while u still can: This school only cares about uniform And grades instead of mental health. They act like they care and have posters around the school and links on website but thats just for show. It is more like a prison in disguise than a school and teachers will talk About student in staffroom. If your lucky you may find a few good teachers.if i were you i would run while u still can. *(Apr 2023)* - **2/5** — Run while you still can: They care more about uniform and grades than mental health. Some teachers are decent but others are just arrogant. Constantly talk bad about students in the staffroom and others teachers will have 'a word' with that student. Basically just a jail in disguise so run while u still can!!!! *(Apr 2023)* ## Other schools in Colchester - [St Helena School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/st-helena-school-13387) — 1.8/5 (48 reviews) - [The Gilberd School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/the-gilberd-school-13369) — 1.5/5 (38 reviews) - [Philip Morant School and College](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/philip-morant-school-and-college-20540) — 1.7/5 (22 reviews) - [Colchester Academy](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/colchester-academy-11983) — 1.4/5 (19 reviews) - [Colchester County High School for Girls](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/colchester-county-high-school-for-girls-13057) — 2.0/5 (18 reviews) - [The Thomas Lord Audley School](https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/colchester/the-thomas-lord-audley-school-13380) — 3.1/5 (12 reviews) --- Source: SchoolBrowse (https://schoolbrowse.com) — reviews and ratings are user-submitted by parents. 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