Schools in Tendring[1]

Local authority district E07000076 · 51 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 89 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%: 31 (35%)[4]
second 20%: 28 (31%)[4]
middle 20%: 21 (24%)[4]
fourth 20%: 8 (9%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 1 (1%)[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	27%[4]	13%[4]	39%[4]	17%[4]	3%[4]
Employment	36%[4]	34%[4]	22%[4]	3%[4]	4%[4]
Education and skills	57%[4]	25%[4]	13%[4]	4%[4]	0%[4]
Health and disability	38%[4]	37%[4]	20%[4]	4%[4]	0%[4]
Crime	24%[4]	19%[4]	20%[4]	24%[4]	13%[4]
Housing and services	54%[4]	44%[4]	2%[4]	0%[4]	0%[4]
Living environment	18%[4]	16%[4]	16%[4]	26%[4]	25%[4]
Children in low-income families	33%[4]	25%[4]	20%[4]	19%[4]	3%[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: 71.5% of 67,442 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 19.9% of 124,884 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 8.1% of 124,920 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 (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Clacton County High School	11–18[2]	A8 38 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Colne Community School	11–16[2]	A8 42 2025/26[8]
Harwich and Dovercourt High School	11–16[2]	A8 34 2025/26[8] AL D 2024/25[9]
Lift Clacton	11–19[2]	A8 30 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
Lift Tendring	11–19[2]	A8 41 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Manningtree High School	11–16[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (39)

School	Ages	Headline results
All Saints Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Great Oakley	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
All Saints' Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Dovercourt	4–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Alresford Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
Alton Park Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[10]
Ardleigh St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Bradfield Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Brightlingsea Primary School and Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Burrsville Infant Academy	4–7[2]
Cann Hall Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Elmstead Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Engaines Primary School and Nursery	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Frinton-on-Sea Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Great Bentley Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Great Clacton Church of England Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Harwich Community Primary School and Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 31% 2024/25[10]
Highfields Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Holland Haven Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Holland Park Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
Kirby Primary Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Lawford Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Lift Hamford	2–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Oakwood Infant and Nursery School	3–7[2]
Ravens Academy	4–11[2]	KS2 41% 2024/25[10]
Rolph Church of England Primary School and Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 27% 2024/25[10]
Sir Martin Frobisher Academy	2–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Spring Meadow Primary School & Nursery	2–11[2]
St Clare's Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
St George's Church of England Primary School, Great Bromley	5–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
St Michael's CofE Primary Academy, Ramsey	5–11[2]
St Osyth Church of England Primary School	5–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Stourview Church of England Primary Academy	2–11[2]
Tendring Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
The Mayflower Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 48% 2024/25[10]
Walton on the Naze Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 38% 2024/25[10]
Weeley St Andrew's CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 29% 2024/25[10]
White Hall Academy and Nursery	2–11[2]	KS2 47% 2024/25[10]
Wix and Wrabness Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (1)

School	Ages	Headline results
St Philomena's School	4–11[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (5)

School	Ages	Headline results
Compass Community School Essex	11–19[2]
Market Field School and College	5–19[2]
Minerva Independent School	8–17[2]
Shorefields School	3–19[2]
The Haefen Independent Special School	5–11[2]

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