Schools in Clacton-on-Sea
Clacton-on-Sea is a seaside resort town on the Essex coast with 20 state schools - 16 primary and 2 secondary - serving the town and the Tendring district. Essex County Council coordinates admissions for community schools in Clacton, using a combination of catchment areas and distance-based tiebreakers. The town is one of the main population centres in the Tendring peninsula, with school catchments that extend into surrounding villages including Jaywick, Holland-on-Sea and Great Clacton.
Essex operates a selective system: grammar schools are available in several parts of the county, but Clacton itself does not have a grammar school within the town. Families considering selective education should check which grammar schools are within reach and note that applications to Essex grammars are made through a separate selective admissions process. Essex's standard co-ordinated admissions round opens in September for secondary and January for primary, with offers in March and April.
School demand in Clacton-on-Sea
Across the 19 schools in Clacton-on-Sea with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 95%. 4 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 Clacton-on-Sea have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
14 of the schools in Clacton-on-Sea 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.
10 of the schools in Clacton-on-Sea 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 Clacton-on-Sea: 3 oversubscribed (16)
Oakwood Infant and Nursery School
Primary · Community school
Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 2AH
Tendring Primary School
Primary · Community school
Clacton-on-Sea · CO16 0BP
Holland Haven Primary School
Primary · Foundation school
Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 5PP
Engaines Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Foundation school
Clacton-on-Sea · CO16 9PH
White Hall Academy and Nursery
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 3SP
Cann Hall Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Clacton-on-Sea · CO16 8DA
St Clare's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Clacton-on-Sea · CO16 8AG
Ravens Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Clacton-on-Sea · CO16 8TZ
Burrsville Infant Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 4HR
Weeley St Andrew's CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Clacton-On-Sea · CO16 9LW
Great Clacton Church of England Junior School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 4HR
Rolph Church of England Primary School and Nursery
Primary · Academy converter
Clacton-on-Sea · CO16 0DY
St Osyth Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Clacton-on-Sea · CO16 8PN
Sir Martin Frobisher Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 2QH
Holland Park Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 6NG
Alton Park Junior School
Primary · Academy converter
Clacton-on-Sea · CO15 1DL
Secondary Schools in Clacton-on-Sea (2)
Other Schools in Clacton-on-Sea (2)
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Clacton-on-Sea 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.