Secondary
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Notley Road, Braintree, CM7 1WY
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1210 of 1500 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
- Trust
- BRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
July 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
GCSE results
38%
44.9
2nd of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Braintree we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.9 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.85 |
| Entered the EBacc | 33% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
| A level average points per entry | 29.89 |
| A level students | 96 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 33% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.0 |
| 22/23 | 29.4 |
| 23/24 | 32.7 |
| 24/25 | 29.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.25 |
| 22/23 | -0.25 |
| 23/24 | -0.11 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.8 |
| 22/23 | 42.5 |
| 23/24 | 44.1 |
| 24/25 | 44.9 |
Notley Road, Braintree, CM7 1WY
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Essex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mark Barrow
- Address
- Notley Road, Braintree, CM7 1WY
- Telephone
- 01376556300