Schools in Braintree[1]

Local authority district E07000067 · 68 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 88 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 4 (5%)[4]
second 20%: 21 (24%)[4]
middle 20%: 27 (31%)[4]
fourth 20%: 25 (28%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 11 (13%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

Secondary schools (8)

School	Ages	Headline results
Alec Hunter Academy	11–16[2]	A8 47 2025/26[5]
Hedingham School and Sixth Form	11–18[2]	A8 44 2025/26[5] AL C 2024/25[6]
Honywood School	11–16[2]	A8 45 2025/26[5]
Lift Maltings	11–16[2]	A8 41 2025/26[5]
Lift New Rickstones	11–18[2]	A8 42 2025/26[5] AL C- 2024/25[6]
Notley High School and Sixth Form	11–19[2]	A8 46 2025/26[5] AL C 2024/25[6]
Tabor Academy	11–18[2]	A8 38 2025/26[5] AL C 2024/25[6]
The Ramsey Academy, Halstead	11–16[2]	A8 46 2025/26[5]

Primary schools (52)

School	Ages	Headline results
Acorn Infant Academy	3–7[2]
Beckers Green Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[7]
Belchamp St Paul Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]
Bocking Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[7]
Chipping Hill Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 28% 2024/25[7]
Cressing Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[7]
de Vere Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[7]
Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery	4–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[7]
Elm Hall Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[7]
Feering Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[7]
Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2023/24[8]
Gosfield Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[7]
Great Bardfield Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[7]
Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School	3–7[2]
Great Bradfords Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[7]
Hatfield Peverel Infant and Nursery School	2–7[2]
Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 84% 2024/25[7]
Holy Family Catholic Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[7]
Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[7]
Howbridge Church of England Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 51% 2024/25[7]
Howbridge Infant School	5–7[2]
John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[7]
John Ray Infant School	2–7[2]
John Ray Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[7]
Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[7]
Lyons Hall School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[7]
Notley Green Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[7]
Rayne Primary and Nursery School	3–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[7]
Richard de Clare Community Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[7]
Ridgewell Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[7]
Rivenhall Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
Shalford Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[7]
Silver End Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[7]
St Andrew's Bulmer Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[7]
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Great Yeldham	4–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[7]
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead	4–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[7]
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[7]
St Giles' Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[7]
St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[7]
St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Toppesfield	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[7]
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[7]
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall	2–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[7]
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible Hedingham	4–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[7]
Steeple Bumpstead Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[7]
Stisted Church of England Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[7]
Templars Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 42% 2024/25[7]
Terling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[7]
Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[7]
White Court School	2–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[7]
White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[7]
Witham Oaks Academy	7–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[7]

Independent schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Gosfield School	2–18[2]	AL C 2023/24[9]
St Margaret's Preparatory School	2–11[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Chatten Free School	4–19[2]
Southview School	3–19[2]
Teaseldown School	11–19[2]
The Edith Borthwick School	3–19[2]
The Yellow House School	13–17[2]
Woodend Farm School	6–16[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.