School Information

Address: Winstree Road
Stanway
Colchester
Essex
CO3 0QA
Phone: 01206 575488
General Email:

Student absence:

[email protected]

[email protected]

 

School Opening Hours (Term Time):

School commences at 8.40am and finishes at 3.15pm  –  Totalling 32 hours 55 minutes each week:

08:40 - 09:05 - AM Registration
09:05 - 10:05 - Period 1
10:05 - 11:05 - Period 2
11:05 - 11:30 - Break
11:30 - 12:30 - Period 3
12:30 - 13:05 - Lunch (Years 7,8 & 10)
12:30 - 13:30 - Period 4 (Years 9 & 11)
13:05 - 14:05 - Period 4 (Years 7,8 & 10)
13:30 - 14:05 - Lunch (Years 9 & 11)
14:05 - 14:15 - PM Registration
14:15 - 15:15 - Period 5

School Office Opening Hours (Term Time):

Monday – Thursday – 8:00am – 4:00pm
Friday 8:00am – 3:30pm

Executive Headteacher – Jonathan Bland

Head of School – John Player

Chair of Governors – Stephen Whitfield

 

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Admissions

The Stanway School is a very popular and successful secondary school, catering for 1400 students in Years 7-11. We are a community in which each and every student matters and every student is accountable to our community. Respect and good manners are important, good behaviour is expected as the norm and learning is productive in well taught lessons.

We want our students to feel comfortable at The Stanway School from their very first day. This is why we hold a Taster Day for prospective students from our feeder schools when they are in Year 6 and an Induction Day for all new students in July prior to their start in September. As a result, the transition from primary to secondary school runs very smoothly.

We hope that the information below helps you in deciding whether to chose the Stanway School for your child. If you would like to visit the school for a tour, please use the Contact Us section of our website for details.

Our “Fly-through” Tour of the school and Promotional video

If you are not able to join us for our Open Evening / Open Week Tours, here you can take our virtual “fly-through” tour of the school by clicking the video on the right.

This gives you a very quick flavour of what the school premises are like. Below that, you will find our promotional video for the school.

Just watch out for the bookshelves!

School Prospectus 2024/25

Please see our full prospectus below for comprehensive details about how the school manages the transition of our new students, details about what offer as a school and responses to some of the most frequently asked questions.

Admissions Appeals Guide