Schools in Braintree

About schools in Braintree

Braintree lists 23 schools, most of them primary schools. Its three secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. One school here provides for children with additional needs.

Ofsted inspects every school listed here. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

61%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 17 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

43.5

average Attainment 8 score, across the 3 schools with published results

Primary schools19

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Beckers Green Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  60%

  expected standard
• Bocking Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Cressing Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  79%

  expected standard
• Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Great Bardfield Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  45%

  expected standard
• Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 7

• Great Bradfords Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  56%

  expected standard
• John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  55%

  expected standard
• John Ray Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 2 to 7

• John Ray Junior School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 7 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Lyons Hall School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Notley Green Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Rayne Primary and Nursery School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 3 to 11

  48%

  expected standard
• Shalford Primary School

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 5 to 11

  87%

  expected standard
• St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  52%

  expected standard
• Stisted Church of England Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  47%

  expected standard
• Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School

  Voluntary controlled school · Ages 5 to 11

  88%

  expected standard
• White Court School

  Community school · Ages 2 to 11

  64%

  expected standard

Secondary schools3

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Alec Hunter Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 16

  45.7

  Attainment 8
• Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 19

  44.9

  Attainment 8
• Tabor Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  38.5

  Attainment 8

Special schools and alternative provision1

• The Edith Borthwick School

  Community special school · Ages 3 to 19

Common questions about schools in Braintree

How many schools does Braintree have?

OfferDay lists 23 schools in Braintree, including 19 primary schools and three secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in Braintree?

Every school in Braintree is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

How are schools in Braintree ranked?

OfferDay ranks schools in Braintree where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 15 July 2026.