East of England
Schools in Essex
584 schools, 229,904 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 44.
Ofsted across Essex
Good313
Outstanding19
Requires improvement15
Inadequate3
No overall grade234
350 of these schools carry a historic one-word grade. The remaining 234 either have no published outcome or were inspected under a newer framework with no overall grade; current report cards instead grade separate aspects of the school. What changed.
- Last overall grade still shown
- 350
- Current framework (no overall grade)
- 178
- Average days since inspection
- 980
- Framework mix
- 350 historic, 178 current, 56 none
All 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.
Schools 301–450 of 584
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milldene Primary SchoolCommunity school | Colchester | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Millfields Primary SchoolFoundation school | Colchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Millhouse Primary SchoolCommunity school | Basildon | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Milwards Primary School and NurseryAcademy sponsor led | Harlow | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Minerva Independent SchoolOther independent special school | Clacton-on-Sea | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Monkwick Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Colchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Monkwick Junior SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Colchester | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Montgomerie Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Benfleet | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Montgomery Primary School, ColchesterCommunity school | Colchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Moreton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Ongar | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Moulsham High SchoolAcademy converter | Chelmsford | No overall grade | 58.3 | 0.670.49 to 0.85 | |
| Moulsham Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Chelmsford | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Moulsham Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Chelmsford | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Mountnessing Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Brentwood | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Myland Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Colchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Nazeing Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Waltham Abbey | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| New Hall SchoolOther independent school | Chelmsford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Newhall Primary AcademyFree schools | Harlow | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Newlands Spring Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Chelmsford | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Newport Primary SchoolCommunity school | Newport | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Noak Bridge Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Basildon | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| North Crescent Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Wickford | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| North Primary School and NurseryCommunity school | Colchester | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Northlands Primary School and NurseryAcademy sponsor led | Basildon | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Northwick Park Primary and Nursery AcademyAcademy converter | Canvey Island | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Notley Green Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Braintree | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Notley High School and Braintree Sixth FormAcademy converter | Braintree | Report card 2026 | 44.9 | -0.11-0.30 to 0.08 · not a win | |
| Oakfield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Wickford | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Oaklands Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Chelmsford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Oaklands SchoolOther independent school | Loughton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Oakwood Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Clacton-on-Sea | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Octavia House Schools, EssexOther independent special school | Essex | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Old Heath Community Primary SchoolCommunity school | Colchester | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Omnia FoundationOther independent special school | Essex | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Ongar Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Ongar | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Open Box Education CentreOther independent school | Essex | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Ormiston Rivers AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Burnham-on-Crouch | Good 2023 | 41.9 | -0.70-0.90 to -0.49 | |
| Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Chelmsford | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Our Lady of Ransom Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Rayleigh | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Parkwood AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Chelmsford | Requires improvement 2024 | — | — | |
| Parsons Heath Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Colchester | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Passmores AcademyAcademy converter | Harlow | Good 2024 | 34.8 | -0.67-0.85 to -0.49 | |
| Paxman AcademyFree schools | Colchester | Good 2024 | 41.3 | -0.17-0.38 to 0.04 · not a win | |
| Pear Tree Mead AcademyAcademy converter | Harlow | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Pemberley AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Harlow | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Perryfields Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Chelmsford | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Perryfields Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Chelmsford | Outstanding 2024 | — | — | |
| Philip Morant School and CollegeAcademy converter | Colchester | Good 2023 | 44.5 | -0.13-0.31 to 0.05 · not a win | |
| Plume SchoolAcademy converter | Maldon | Good 2023 | 42.9 | -0.37-0.54 to -0.20 | |
| Potter Street AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Harlow | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Prettygate Infant SchoolCommunity school | Colchester | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Prettygate Junior SchoolCommunity school | Colchester | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Priory Primary School, BicknacreCommunity school | Chelmsford | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Purford Green Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Harlow | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Purleigh Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Chelmsford | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Queen Boudica Primary SchoolCommunity school | Colchester | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Quilters Infant SchoolFoundation school | Billericay | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Quilters Junior SchoolFoundation school | Billericay | No overall grade | — | — | |
| R A Butler Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Saffron Walden | No overall grade | — | — | |
| R A Butler Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Saffron Walden | Outstanding 2024 | — | — | |
| Radwinter Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Saffron Walden | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Ravens AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Clacton-on-Sea | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Rayleigh Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Rayleigh | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Rayne Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Braintree | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Rettendon Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Chelmsford | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Richard de Clare Community AcademyAcademy converter | Halstead | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Rickling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Saffron Walden | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Ridgewell Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Halstead | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Rivenhall Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Witham | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Riverside Primary SchoolCommunity school | Hullbridge | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Roach Vale Primary SchoolCommunity school | Colchester | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Rochford Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Rochford | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Roding Valley High SchoolAcademy converter | Loughton | Good 2022 | 47.1 | -0.21-0.40 to -0.02 | |
| Rodings Primary SchoolFoundation school | Dunmow | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Rolph Church of England Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter | Clacton-on-Sea | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Roseacres Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Bishop's Stortford | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Roxwell Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Chelmsford | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| Roydon Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Harlow | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Runwell Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Wickford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Ryedene Primary and Nursery SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Basildon | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Saffron Walden County High SchoolAcademy converter | Saffron Walden | Outstanding 2024 | 59.7 | 0.280.12 to 0.45 | |
| Saint Nicholas SchoolOther independent school | Essex | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Shalford Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Braintree | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Bishop's Stortford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Shenfield High SchoolAcademy converter | Brentwood | Good 2024 | 45.3 | -0.30-0.48 to -0.11 | |
| Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Brentwood | Outstanding 2023 | — | — | |
| Shorefields SchoolCommunity special school | Clacton-on-Sea | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Silver End AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Witham | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| Sir Frederick Gibberd CollegeFree schools | Harlow | No overall grade | 44 | -0.09-0.36 to 0.18 · not a win | |
| Sir Martin Frobisher AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Clacton-on-Sea | No overall grade | — | — | |
| South Benfleet Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Benfleet | No overall grade | — | — | |
| South Green Infant SchoolFoundation school | Billericay | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| South Green Junior SchoolFoundation school | Billericay | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| Spring Meadow Primary School & NurseryAcademy converter | Harwich | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Springfield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Chelmsford | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| St Alban's Catholic AcademyAcademy converter | Harlow | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Andrew's Bulmer Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Sudbury | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy, Marks TeyAcademy converter | Colchester | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Great YeldhamAcademy converter | Halstead | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, HalsteadAcademy converter | Halstead | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Epping | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St Anne Line Catholic Infant SchoolAcademy converter | Basildon | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Anne Line Catholic Junior SchoolVoluntary aided school | Basildon | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Anne's SchoolOther independent school | Chelmsford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Benedict's Catholic CollegeVoluntary aided school | Colchester | Good 2023 | 54.7 | 0.230.02 to 0.44 | |
| St Cedd's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Southminster | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St Cedd's SchoolOther independent school | Chelmsford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Clacton-on-Sea | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School, BraintreeVoluntary aided school | Braintree | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| St Francis Catholic Primary School, MaldonVoluntary aided school | Maldon | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| St George's Church of England Primary School, Great BromleyVoluntary controlled school | Colchester | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St Giles' Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Halstead | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St Helen's Catholic Infant & Nursery SchoolVoluntary aided school | Brentwood | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| St Helen's Catholic Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Brentwood | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St Helena SchoolAcademy converter | Colchester | Good 2024 | 46 | -0.31-0.52 to -0.10 | |
| St James Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Harlow | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St James the Great Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Colchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St John Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School DanburyVoluntary controlled school | Chelmsford | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Loughton | Report card 2025 | — | — | |
| St John Payne Catholic School, ChelmsfordVoluntary aided school | Chelmsford | Good 2024 | 49.9 | 0.10-0.11 to 0.31 · not a win | |
| St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School PebmarshVoluntary aided school | Halstead | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst HillAcademy converter | Buckhurst Hill | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, ColchesterVoluntary controlled school | COLCHESTER | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| St John's Green Primary SchoolCommunity school | Colchester | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St John's RC School (Essex)Non-maintained special school | Woodford Bridge | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| St John's SchoolOther independent school | Essex | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Joseph the Worker Catholic Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Hutton | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Essex | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter | Canvey Island | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, SWFVoluntary aided school | Chelmsford | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| St Katherine's Church of England Primary SchoolFoundation school | Canvey Island | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| St Lawrence Church of England Primary School, RowhedgeVoluntary controlled school | Colchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Leonard's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Southminster | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| St Luke's Catholic AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Harlow | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Colchester | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| St Luke's Park Primary SchoolFree schools | Wickford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Margaret's Church of England Academy, Bowers GiffordAcademy converter | Basildon | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School ToppesfieldVoluntary controlled school | Halstead | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| St Margaret's Preparatory SchoolOther independent school | Halstead | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Mark's West Essex Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Harlow | Good 2023 | 46.3 | -0.04-0.26 to 0.18 · not a win | |
| St Martin's School BrentwoodAcademy converter | Brentwood | No overall grade | 45.9 | -0.01-0.18 to 0.15 · not a win | |
| St Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Chelmsford | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Saffron Walden | Good 2023 | — | — | |
| St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Burnham-on-CrouchVoluntary aided school | Burnham-on-Crouch | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hatfield Broad OakVoluntary aided school | Bishop's Stortford | Report card 2026 | — | — | |
| St Mary's CofE Foundation Primary SchoolFoundation school | Stansted | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| St Mary's School for GirlsOther independent school | Colchester | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior SchoolVoluntary aided school | Chelmsford | Good 2022 | — | — | |
| St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Braintree | No overall grade | — | — | |
| St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, RamseyAcademy sponsor led | Harwich | Requires improvement 2023 | — | — |