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.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	2%[4]	25%[4]	26%[4]	36%[4]	10%[4]
Employment	3%[4]	33%[4]	15%[4]	33%[4]	16%[4]
Education and skills	15%[4]	31%[4]	33%[4]	20%[4]	1%[4]
Health and disability	0%[4]	20%[4]	27%[4]	30%[4]	23%[4]
Crime	8%[4]	25%[4]	24%[4]	27%[4]	16%[4]
Housing and services	22%[4]	36%[4]	23%[4]	16%[4]	3%[4]
Living environment	10%[4]	16%[4]	13%[4]	31%[4]	31%[4]
Children in low-income families	0%[4]	25%[4]	35%[4]	32%[4]	8%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 67.8% of 64,987 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 25.8% of 126,586 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 12.3% of 126,573 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (8)

School	Ages	Headline results
Alec Hunter Academy	11–16[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8]
Hedingham School and Sixth Form	11–18[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Honywood School	11–16[2]	A8 45 2025/26[8]
Lift Maltings	11–16[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8]
Lift New Rickstones	11–18[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Notley High School and Sixth Form	11–19[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Tabor Academy	11–18[2]	A8 38 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
The Ramsey Academy, Halstead	11–16[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (52)

School	Ages	Headline results
Acorn Infant Academy	3–7[2]
Beckers Green Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Belchamp St Paul Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]
Bocking Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Chipping Hill Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Colne Engaine Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 28% 2024/25[10]
Cressing Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
de Vere Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Earls Colne Primary School and Nursery	4–11[2]	KS2 54% 2024/25[10]
Elm Hall Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Feering Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2023/24[11]
Gosfield Community Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[10]
Great Bardfield Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[10]
Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School	3–7[2]
Great Bradfords Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 56% 2024/25[10]
Hatfield Peverel Infant and Nursery School	2–7[2]
Hatfield Peverel St Andrew's Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 84% 2024/25[10]
Holy Family Catholic Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Holy Trinity Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Halstead	4–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Howbridge Church of England Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 51% 2024/25[10]
Howbridge Infant School	5–7[2]
John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
John Ray Infant School	2–7[2]
John Ray Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Kelvedon St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Lyons Hall School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Notley Green Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Rayne Primary and Nursery School	3–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Richard de Clare Community Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Ridgewell Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Rivenhall Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Shalford Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[10]
Silver End Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 45% 2024/25[10]
St Andrew's Bulmer Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Great Yeldham	4–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[10]
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Halstead	4–11[2]	KS2 82% 2024/25[10]
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
St Giles' Church of England Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
St John the Baptist Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Pebmarsh	4–11[2]	KS2 50% 2024/25[10]
St Margaret's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Toppesfield	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 52% 2024/25[10]
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Coggeshall	2–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Sible Hedingham	4–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Steeple Bumpstead Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Stisted Church of England Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Templars Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 42% 2024/25[10]
Terling Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[10]
White Court School	2–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
White Notley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
Witham Oaks Academy	7–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (2)

School	Ages	Headline results
Gosfield School	2–18[2]	AL C 2023/24[12]
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]

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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.
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