Schools in Braintree
Braintree is a market town in north Essex with 23 state schools, of which 19 are primaries serving the town and surrounding villages including Bocking and Cressing. Essex County Council administers admissions for community schools, while several local academies set their own criteria.
Braintree's three secondary schools attract applicants from a wide catchment including Witham and Halstead. Parents applying for Year 7 places should note that distance tiebreakers are measured in straight lines, and the 'last distance offered' can vary significantly year on year based on application volumes.
School demand in Braintree
Across the 23 schools in Braintree with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 89%. 3 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
5 schools in Braintree have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
14 of the schools in Braintree are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Essex, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
11 of the schools in Braintree have a current Ofsted rating, of which 9 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Braintree: 3 oversubscribed (19)
John Bunyan Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Community school
Braintree · CM7 5UL
Great Bardfield Primary School
Primary · Community school
Braintree · CM7 4RN
Great Bradfords Junior School
Primary · Community school
Braintree · CM7 9LW
White Court School
Primary · Community school
Braintree · CM77 7UE
Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Braintree · CM7 9LW
Wethersfield CofE VC Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school
Braintree · CM7 4BP
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Braintree · CM7 2NS
St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Braintree · CM7 2SY
Stisted Church of England Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Braintree · CM77 8AN
Lyons Hall School
Primary · Academy converter
Braintree · CM7 9FH
Notley Green Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Braintree · CM77 7ZJ
Shalford Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Braintree · CM7 5EZ
John Ray Junior School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Braintree · CM7 1HL
Rayne Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Braintree · CM77 6BZ
Beckers Green Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Braintree · CM7 3PR
Finchingfield St John the Baptist CofE Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter
Braintree · CM7 4LD
Bocking Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Braintree · CM7 5LA
Cressing Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Braintree · CM77 8JE
John Ray Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Braintree · CM7 1HL
Secondary Schools in Braintree (3)
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Secondary · Academy converter
Braintree · CM7 1WY
Tabor Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Braintree · CM7 5XP
Alec Hunter Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Braintree · CM7 3NR
Other Schools in Braintree (1)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Braintree are set by Essex and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.