Schools Colchester Area

	A.	Kingswode Hoe Special School  - www.kingswodehoe.essex.sch.uk - 01206 576408
	B.	The Sixth Form College  - www.colchsfc.ac.uk - 01206 500700
	C.	St Thomas More Catholic Primary School  - www.stthomasmores.co.uk - 01206 865722
	D.	Colchester Institute  - www.colchester.ac.uk - 01206 518 000
	E.	Lexden Montessori  - www.lexdenmontessori.com - 01206 760 863
	F.	University of Essex  - www.essex.ac.uk - 01206 873 333
	G.	Childsplay  - www.childsplaydaynursery.co.uk - 01206 368368
	H.	Insearch Essex, University of Essex  - www.insearch.essex.ac.uk - 01206 874 391
	I.	The Old School House  - maps.google.co.uk - 01206 213800
	J.	Lexden Lodge Kindergarten  - www.lexdenlodge.co.uk - 01206 574005

Colchester schools

Colchester is not at all behind in the field of education. It has many schools in different categories like primary schools, secondary schools, special need schools, infant schools, pre-schools etc. All the schools of Colchester are well equipped with modern education facilities and highly educated and skilled staff.
 
Starting with the pre-schools the education level in Colchester is very high. Teachers in almost all the schools are very friendly and helpful. They handle the children in such a way that they don’t feel away from home and method of teaching is also very easy and interesting. In pre-schools babies learn things with the help of music, hand movements and sensory play. Special training is given to the teachers of pre-school, as they have to handle the babies aged between 5 months to 2.5 years. Some of the popular pre-schools in Colchester are Baby & Toddler little Giggles, Stanway pre-school and Lexden Montessori.

Like pre-schools there are many nursery schools also in Colchester . Nursery classes are little higher from pre-schools. In nursery schools also teachers are very supportive with children. Each and every student has given personal attention and care. The environment in nursery schools is very secure and caring. They ensure a proper education and development of the student with innovative teaching and learning methods. Name of some common nursery schools in Colchester are as follows:

1. Anglia Sunshine Nurseries – it is situated in Suffolk
2. Childsplay nursery – Colchester, Essex
3. Contastine Nursery – Contastine road , Colchester
4. Mersea Island school – Barfield road, Colchester
5. Blossom house – Higham road, Colchester

Primary schools in Colchester are well equipped with all modern education facilities. Students In these schools are well behaved and intelligent. In primary schools main emphasis is given on encouraging child to develop his skills. Overall development of a student is very necessary and these schools do it. Children aged between 4-11 are eligible for primary schools and mostly these schools are co-ed. Some of the most common primary schools of Colchester are as follows:

1. Cherry Tree County Primary school – Holt Drive, Colchester
2. Great Bentley Primary school – Plough road , Colchester
3. Boxford CEVC primary school- Boxford, Suffolk
4. Chappel C of E primary school – The street Chappel
5. Highwoods Community primary – Tynedale Square Highwoods, Colchester

Almost all the secondary schools and colleges in Colchester aimed of providing good higher education. In secondary schools of Colchester the high standards of education are adopted . Staff members of these schools including teachers help the children to achieve their goals in life. They prepare all the students to fight with the problems in outside world . After gaining education from the secondary schools a student enters into the real world so his education should be up to the mark and secondary schools in Colchester make sure that this should happen. Secondary schools of Colchester are as follows:

1. The Gilberd School- especially for mathematics and computers. Winstree road, Colchester
2. Colchester Royal Grammar school – Lexden road, Colchester
3. Alderman Blaxill school – Paxman Avenue, Colchester
4. Sir Charles Lucas Arts college – Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester
5. St. Helena school – Sheepen Road, Colchester

Apart from the above-discussed schools there are many special needs schools also in Colchester. Special need children also have the right to learn and study. It is true that these children are not like normal children so their education should be of different type. They should be handled with great care and special need schools ensure the safe and caring environment for them . Teaching staff and other staff in these schools are highly trained and skilled in handling the special children. Some such schools are as follows:

1. Heath school – Winstree road Stanway, Colchester
2. Kingswode Hoe special school – Sussex Road, Colchester
3. NASEN ( National Association for Special Educational Needs )
4. SEN ( Special Educational Needs)

Such a large number of schools are situated in Colchester that it makes the ancient Roman city an educated and talented city.