Colne Community School | |
Coordinates: | 5.82°N 10.0212°W |
Established: | 1937[1] |
Type: | Academy |
Head Label: | Executive Headteacher |
Head: | Neil Gallagher |
R Head Label: | Head of School |
R Head: | Steven Crane |
Chair Label: | Chair |
Address: | Church Road |
County: | Essex |
Country: | England |
Postcode: | CO7 0QL |
Dfeno: | 881/5460 |
Urn: | 146795 |
Enrolment: | 1251 |
Gender: | Coeducational |
Lower Age: | 11 |
Upper Age: | 16 |
Website: | http://www.colne.essex.sch.uk |
Colne Community School is a secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Brightlingsea, Essex, England. The school is an inclusive, comprehensive provider that achieved academy status in 2011 and founded the Thrive Partnership along with the Philip Morant School and College. In 2018 the Thrive Partnership was dissolved and the Colne joined the Sigma Trust in 2018.[2]
Colne Community School's AstroTurf pitch was officially opened by The Princess Anne on 25 February 2003. The Astroturf has since been resurfaced in 2023. The campus also contains Brightlingsea Sports Centre which is used by members of the public and students. This includes tennis, basketball, squash and netball courts. As well as containing a dance area strictly for use by the students of the Colne Community School.