Upgrade Plan
This certificate lists no outstanding recommendations.
Running costs
Restated at the fuel prices assumed in July 2026. This certificate, assessed in 2018, states £393 a year at the prices assumed then. Modelled costs, not a bill.
Sold prices
Estimated today: £390,320 HPI-indexed estimate, not a valuation
John Shell Drive: 17 sales since 1995 · £347,937 average over 10 years
Schools nearby
The schools’ own performance — Progress 8 shows value added, not just raw results.
| School | Phase | Distance | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Colchester | Primary | 0.5 mi | — |
| Brinkley Grove Primary School | Primary | 0.6 mi | — |
| Highwoods Community Primary School | Primary | 0.8 mi | — |
| The Gilberd School | Secondary | 0.7 mi | Progress 8 +0.44 · above average (2023/24) |
| Colchester Academy | Secondary | 1.6 mi | Progress 8 -0.91 · well below average (2023/24) |
| The Trinity School | Secondary | 2.0 mi | Not in the KS4 performance tables |
Schools from the DfE register, performance from the KS4 performance tables. Progress 8 is a GCSE measure, so primaries have none. Distance is straight-line from the postcode, not a catchment: admission is decided by the school, not by us.
Area context
Police-recorded crime for the wider neighbourhood, not this address. We grade homes, never neighbourhoods — so this is reported as a count, not a rating.
Police.uk street-level data for LSOA E01021710, to 2026-06. An LSOA holds about 1,500 people, so this covers far more than one street.
John Shell Drive
How this home sits against its street.