All 140 secondary schools in Essex. Narrow them down, then shortlist up to four to compare.
Chelmsford, CM1 1RW · Academy · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls
Results well above the Essex average, low absence.
358 first choices, 179 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Colchester, CO3 3US · Academy · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls
Results well above the Essex average, low absence.
322 first choices, 190 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results well above the Essex average, low absence.
412 first choices, 149 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results well above the Essex average, low absence.
280 first choices, 128 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 8
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results well above the England average, low absence.
164 first choices, 120 offers made
Ready for secondary school78%
England 62%
Results well above the Essex average, low absence.
274 first choices, 176 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results well above the Essex average, low absence.
344 first choices, 290 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results well above the Essex average, low absence.
212 first choices, 185 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results above the Essex average, low absence.
401 first choices, 306 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Brentwood, CM14 4EX · Academy · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls
Results well above the Essex average, low absence.
134 first choices, 175 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results well above the Essex average, low absence.
299 first choices, 265 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results above the Essex average, low absence.
481 first choices, 346 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results above the Essex average.
126 first choices, 177 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results well above the Essex average, low absence.
213 first choices, 173 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results above the Essex average, low absence.
289 first choices, 316 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results above the Essex average, low absence.
267 first choices, 245 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results above the Essex average, low absence.
232 first choices, 258 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results well above the Essex average, low absence.
261 first choices, 237 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 6
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results above the Essex average, low absence.
187 first choices, 182 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results above the Essex average, low absence.
266 first choices, 266 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results above the Essex average, low absence.
328 first choices, 248 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results above the Essex average, low absence.
254 first choices, 273 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results close to the Essex average.
184 first choices, 179 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Results close to the Essex average.
207 first choices, 277 offers made
Typical GCSE gradeGrade 5
Essex Grade 5England Grade 5
Each dot is one school. Hover over a dot to see which school it is.
Average score across each pupil's best eight GCSEs.
Share of school sessions pupils missed, for any reason. Lower is better.
The last full grade for each school Ofsted has graded. 89 newer or converted schools don't have a grade yet.
18 of the 140 secondary schools in Essex have a religious character. When they're full, they can put families of their faith first, so check each school's rules.
Show schools with no religious characterApply to your council in Year 6 for a Year 7 place. Offers come out on 1 March.
Some grades are many years old. Each school's page shows the date of its last inspection and what's changed since.
Show Good or OutstandingPopular schools fill up from the families who live closest. Add your postcode to see which schools are nearest, and put one of them on your form.
Add my postcodeThere are 140 secondary schools in Essex, teaching 109,371 children. 4 are run by the council and 97 are academies or free schools. Among them are 40 special and 30 independent schools.
92% of the mainstream state schools Ofsted has graded are Good or Outstanding, against 94.8% across England. 5 of them are Outstanding, though some grades are several years old, so check the date on each school's page.
Pupils in Essex scored an average Attainment 8 of 45.3 across their best eight GCSEs, against 46.2 across England.
21.2% of pupils get free school meals. Schools here spend £8,373 a year on each pupil, against £8,120 across England. 24.0% of pupils are persistently absent, missing one day in ten or more, against 18.1% across England.
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Sources: Department for Education school performance tables, school census and workforce data, Get Information About Schools and Ofsted. Distances are straight-line estimates.