Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Notley Road, Braintree, CM7 1WY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Barrow
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Bridge Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,500
- Pupils on roll
- 1,210
- URN
- 137013
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01376556300
About this school
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form is a secondary academy in Braintree. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,210 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 242 | 221 | 221 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.5 | 44.1 | 44.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.25 -0.44 to -0.07 | -0.11 -0.30 to +0.08 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 38.5% | 37.6% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 62% | 61.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 22% | 20.4% | 33% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 |
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 Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form 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 | 42.5 | 43.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.1 | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 44.9 | 42.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,343 |
| 2023/24 | 1,292 |
| 2024/25 | 1,255 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form compares
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form ranked 39th of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 57% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 44.9 | 9.6% | 19.8% | 1,210 | — |
| Alec Hunter Academy | 45.7 | 6.2% | 20.1% | 1,058 | 1.2 miles |
| Tabor Academy | 38.5 | 11.7% | 31.4% | 989 | 1.4 miles |
| Lift New Rickstones | 40.6 | 9.2% | 31.3% | 1,221 | 4.9 miles |
| Lift Maltings | 39.9 | 12.8% | 25.8% | 787 | 6.0 miles |
| Honywood School | 46.3 | 9.2% | 20.5% | 849 | 6.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report19 May 2026
- 11 July 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.79%
- English as an additional language
- 6.4%
- Overall absence
- 9.57%
- Persistent absence
- 22.89%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Alec Hunter Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Braintree
-
Tabor Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Braintree
-
Lift New Rickstones4.9 miles
Secondary · Witham
-
Lift Maltings6.0 miles
Secondary · Witham
-
Honywood School6.0 miles
Secondary · Colchester
Other schools in Braintree
- Alec Hunter Academy Secondary
- Tabor Academy Secondary
- 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form teach?
- Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Braintree.
- Who is the headteacher of Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form?
- The headteacher of Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form is Mr Mark Barrow, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form, 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 Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form?
- Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form has 1,210 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form full?
- Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form has capacity for 1,500 pupils and 1,210 on roll (81%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form a faith school?
- No. Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form has no designated religious character.
- Is Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form a selective school?
- No. Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form?
- Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form is part of BRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form have?
- The schools register lists Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.5 in 2022/23 and 44.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form rank locally?
- Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form ranked 39th of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 57% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form's absence rate?
- Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form's overall absence rate is 9.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form'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 15 July 2026.