The Sir John Colfox Academy (formerly the Sir John Colfox School, and until 1999^[2] Colfox School) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Bridport in the English county of Dorset.^[3]

The Sir John Colfox Academy
The school in 2005
Address
Ridgeway Bridport , Dorset , DT6 3DT England
Coordinates	50°44′48″N 2°44′53″W / 50.74676°N 2.74808°W / 50.74676; -2.74808
Information
Type	Academy
Local authority	Dorset
Department for Education URN	141735 Tables
Ofsted	Reports
Headteacher	A Shelley[1]
Gender	Coeducational
Age	11 to 18
Houses	Adler, Fleur de lys, Hinomaru, Toro
Website	www.colfox.org

Previously a community school administered by Dorset County Council, the Sir John Colfox School converted to academy status in May 2015 and was renamed the Sir John Colfox Academy. However the school continues to coordinate with Dorset County Council for admissions. Admissions to the school includes pupils that usually attend Bridport Primary School, St Mary's CE Primary School, Burton Bradstock CE VC School, Loders CE VC Primary School, Powerstock CE VA Primary School, St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, Symondsbury CE Primary School and Thorner's CE School.^[4]

The Sir John Colfox School offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils.^[5] The Sir John Colfox School sixth form provision is offered in conjunction with Beaminster School in Beaminster, and students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A Levels and further BTECs.^[6]