The Edith Borthwick School
Enterprise Drive, Braintree, CM7 2YN
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 3 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sam Lawrence
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PD - Physical Disability, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 245
- Pupils on roll
- 243
- URN
- 115464
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01376529300
About this school
The Edith Borthwick School is a community special school in Braintree. It teaches children aged 3 to 19 and has 243 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 16 | 21 | 22 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Edith Borthwick School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 0% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 0% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 244 |
| 2023/24 | 243 |
| 2024/25 | 241 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report13 January 2026
- 21 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 44.79%
- English as an additional language
- 4.6%
- Overall absence
- 10.53%
- Persistent absence
- 32.64%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Margaret's Preparatory School4.0 miles
Independent schools · Halstead
-
Felsted School4.7 miles
Independent schools · Felsted
-
Gosfield School4.8 miles
Independent schools
-
Southview School6.3 miles
Academies · Witham
-
The Yellow House School6.4 miles
Special schools · Halstead
Other schools in Braintree
- Beckers Green Primary School Primary
- Bocking Primary School Primary
- Cressing Primary School Primary
- Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy Primary
- Great Bardfield Primary School Primary
- Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Great Bradfords Junior School Primary
- John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery Primary
- John Ray Infant School Primary
- John Ray Junior School Primary
- Lyons Hall School Primary
- Notley Green Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Edith Borthwick School teach?
- The Edith Borthwick School teaches children aged 3 to 19. It is a special school in Braintree.
- Who is the headteacher of The Edith Borthwick School?
- The headteacher of The Edith Borthwick School is Mrs Sam Lawrence, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Edith Borthwick School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Edith Borthwick School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Edith Borthwick School?
- The Edith Borthwick School has 243 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 19.
- Is The Edith Borthwick School full?
- The Edith Borthwick School has capacity for 245 pupils and 243 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Edith Borthwick School a faith school?
- No. The Edith Borthwick School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does The Edith Borthwick School have?
- The schools register lists The Edith Borthwick School's special educational needs provision as: VI - Visual Impairment; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The Edith Borthwick School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 0% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What is The Edith Borthwick School's absence rate?
- The Edith Borthwick School's overall absence rate is 10.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Edith Borthwick School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Edith Borthwick School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.