Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form

State-Funded School

notley-high-school-and-braintree-sixth-form-essex-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

BraintreeConstituency

CM7 1WYPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–19, located in Essex, East of England.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,210 pupils. Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form is part of BRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 19 May 2026 · published 15 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 44.9
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 37.6%
EBacc average point score: 3.85

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,210

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

17%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 1,210
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: BRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
17 Oct 2023	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
23 Jun 2020	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.