Alec Hunter Academy
Academy sponsor led · 1,058 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.7
Academy special converter
The Bridge Columbus
- Pupils on roll
- —of 270 places
- Free school meals
- —
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 14
- Ofsted
- Not yet inspected under this URN
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Lift Columbus (URN 138122, until 1 September 2026).
What the data says
Of the 18 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Bridge Columbus in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, none to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Essex and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | The Bridge Columbus | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 18 | 15,970 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 100% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.
Other secondary schools in Essex
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Academy converter · sixth form · 1,533 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.6
Beauchamps High School
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
Becket Keys Church of England Free School
Free schools · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.0
Bmat Stem Academy
University technical college · sixth form · 240 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 28.1
Brentwood County High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,097 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.