Tabor Academy
Panfield Lane, Braintree, CM7 5XP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED
- Headteacher
- Ms Kellyann Brown
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Loxford School Trust Ltd
- Constituency
- Braintree
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 989
- URN
- 139179
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01376323701
About this school
Tabor Academy is a secondary academy in Braintree. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 989 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Tabor Academy, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 161 | 177 | 149 |
| Attainment 8 score | 40.1 | 39.8 | 38.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.35 -0.57 to -0.12 | -0.41 -0.62 to -0.19 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 35% | 31.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 54.2% | 53.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 71% | 21.5% | 30.9% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 |
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 Tabor Academy 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 | 40.1 | 43.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39.8 | 41.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 38.5 | 42.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 963 |
| 2023/24 | 964 |
| 2024/25 | 963 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tabor Academy compares
Tabor Academy ranked 64th of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38.5 | 11.7% | 31.4% | 989 | — |
| Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form | 44.9 | 9.6% | 19.8% | 1,210 | 1.4 miles |
| Alec Hunter Academy | 45.7 | 6.2% | 20.1% | 1,058 | 1.8 miles |
| Lift New Rickstones | 40.6 | 9.2% | 31.3% | 1,221 | 6.2 miles |
| The Ramsey Academy, Halstead | 39.3 | 9.3% | 24.9% | 702 | 6.2 miles |
| Honywood School | 46.3 | 9.2% | 20.5% | 849 | 6.4 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 31.44%
- English as an additional language
- 11.2%
- Overall absence
- 11.68%
- Persistent absence
- 32.29%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form1.4 miles
Secondary · Braintree
-
Alec Hunter Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Braintree
-
Lift New Rickstones6.2 miles
Secondary · Witham
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The Ramsey Academy, Halstead6.2 miles
Secondary · Halstead
-
Honywood School6.4 miles
Secondary · Colchester
Other schools in Braintree
- Alec Hunter Academy Secondary
- Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form 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 ages does Tabor Academy teach?
- Tabor Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Braintree.
- Who is the headteacher of Tabor Academy?
- The headteacher of Tabor Academy is Ms Kellyann Brown, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Tabor Academy been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Tabor Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Tabor Academy?
- Tabor Academy has 989 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Tabor Academy full?
- Tabor Academy has capacity for 1,050 pupils and 989 on roll (94%), 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 Tabor Academy a faith school?
- No. Tabor Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Tabor Academy a selective school?
- No. Tabor Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Tabor Academy part of an academy trust?
- Tabor Academy is part of LOXFORD SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Tabor Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 40.1 in 2022/23 and 38.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Tabor Academy compare with other schools in Essex?
- Tabor Academy ranked 64th of 78 secondary schools in Essex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 34% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Tabor Academy's absence rate?
- Tabor Academy's overall absence rate is 11.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Tabor Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tabor Academy'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 1 July 2026.