East of England
Special schools in Essex
584 schools, 229,904 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 44.
Ofsted across Essex
Good319
Outstanding19
Requires improvement15
Inadequate3
No overall grade228
356 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 228 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Special schools in Essex
Sorted by name. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athena SchoolOther independent special school | Canvey Island | No grade | — |
| Cambian Great Dunmow SchoolOther independent special school | Essex | No grade | — |
| Cedar Hall SchoolFoundation special school | Benfleet | No grade | — |
| Clarity Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Chelmsford | No grade | — |
| Compass Community School EssexOther independent special school | ESSEX | No grade | — |
| Doucecroft SchoolOther independent special school | Colchester | No grade | — |
| Glenwood SchoolCommunity special school | Benfleet | No grade | — |
| Harlow Fields School and CollegeCommunity special school | Harlow | No grade | — |
| High TreesOther independent special school | London | No grade | — |
| Learn and Prosper SchoolOther independent special school | Clacton-on-Sea | No grade | — |
| Luxborough Court SchoolOther independent special school | Essex | No grade | — |
| Minerva Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Clacton-on-Sea | No grade | — |
| Octavia House Schools, EssexOther independent special school | Essex | No grade | — |
| Omnia FoundationOther independent special school | Essex | No grade | — |
| Shorefields SchoolCommunity special school | Clacton-on-Sea | No grade | — |
| St John's RC School (Essex)Non-maintained special school | Woodford Bridge | No grade | — |
| Teaseldown SchoolOther independent special school | Halstead | No grade | — |
| The Belsteads SchoolOther independent special school | Essex | No grade | — |
| The Edith Borthwick SchoolCommunity special school | Braintree | No grade | — |
| The Tower SchoolOther independent special school | Essex | No grade | — |
| The Yellow House SchoolOther independent special school | Halstead | No grade | — |
| Woodcroft SchoolOther independent special school | Loughton | No grade | — |
| Woodend Farm SchoolOther independent special school | Witham | No grade | — |