Essex schools and admissions data

Essex County Council has 510 primary schools and 137 secondary schools. 7% of Essex's schools are private schools. 146 state schools in Essex follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 410 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Essex

  1. Outstanding 76
  2. Good 406
  3. Requires Improvement 35
  4. Inadequate 14

Most popular state schools
in Essex in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    Beehive Lane Community Primary School

    Community school • Great Baddow, Chelmsford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South Weald

    Voluntary aided school • South Weald, Brentwood

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Kendall Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • Colchester

    Ofsted: Good

  4. 4

    Quilters Infant School

    Foundation school • Billericay

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Hamilton Primary School

    Community school • Colchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Chipping Hill Primary School

    Community school • Witham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school • White Notley, Witham

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Lyons Hall School

    Academy converter • Braintree

    Ofsted: Good

  9. 9

    Hockley Primary School

    Academy converter • Hockley

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    Tendring Primary School

    Community school • Tendring, Clacton-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Lee Chapel Primary School

    Academy converter • Basildon

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    Pemberley Academy

    Academy sponsor led • Harlow

    Ofsted: Good

  13. 13

    Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Harlow

    Voluntary aided school • Harlow

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    Upshire Primary Foundation School

    Foundation school • Upshire, WALTHAM ABBEY

    Ofsted: Good

  15. 15

    Chancellor Park Primary School, Chelmsford

    Community school • Chelmsford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  16. 16

    Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery

    Community school • Harwich

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    Westwood Academy

    Academy converter • Hadleigh, Benfleet

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  18. 18

    Elm Hall Primary School

    Academy converter • Witham

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  19. 19

    St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst Hill

    Academy converter • Buckhurst Hill

    Ofsted: Good

  20. 20

    The Beaulieu Park School

    Free schools • Chelmsford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  1. 1

    King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford

    Academy converter • Chelmsford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Chelmsford County High School for Girls

    Academy converter • Chelmsford

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Colchester County High School for Girls

    Academy converter • Colchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Becket Keys Church of England Free School

    Free schools • Brentwood

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Davenant Foundation School

    Academy converter • Loughton

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Woodlands School

    Academy sponsor led • Basildon

    Ofsted: Good

  7. 7

    The Ongar Academy

    Free schools • Ongar

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    The Gilberd School

    Academy converter • Colchester

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  9. 9

    Clacton County High School

    Academy converter • Clacton-on-Sea

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Paxman Academy

    Free schools • Colchester

    Ofsted: None

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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