CURRENT YEAR 5s
Overview of applying to Secondary Schools for ALL children
Overview of applying to the Selective Schools in Essex
Information regarding tours and open days
Events hosted by Secondary Schools
Information will be updated as and when dates are confirmed.
INFORMATION FOR CURRENT YEAR6s - 2023/2024:
Current Year 6s - Notification day (National Offer Day) is Friday 1st March 2024
ECC Secondary Education in Essex booklet
White Court School's guide to Secondary Schools
White Court School's guide to the 11+
Secondary School Admissions for September 2024 entry
Please see newly published documents / letters below.
To apply online and to access the Secondary Education in Essex booklet visit this site (due to be updated during the Summer) https://www.essex.gov.uk/topic/admissions
There are 3 main Secondary Schools in Braintree:
– Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form. Click here
– Tabor Academy. Click here
– Alec Hunter Academy. Click here
Other schools in the area include:
– Chelmer Valley High School. Click here.
– The Helena Romanes School. Click here.
– St John Payne Catholic School. Click here.
– Anglo European School, Ingatestone. Click here.
Selective or Grammar Schools
(children intending to take the 11+)
The CSSE website is updated and includes the Information Guide which includes the application form, important dates, FAQs, Admission numbers, Open Days/Evenings and order forms for practice packs.
Essex has a small number of Selective or Grammar schools. Selective schools have admission criteria which state highest rank in the selection tests as their first admission criteria. The nearest ones being:
- King Edward VI Grammar School (Boys) Click here
- Colchester County High School for Girls Click here
- Colchester Royal Grammar School (Boys) Click here
- *Chelmsford County High for Girls (Girls) * Click here
The process to register for the 11+ test for the above schools is open from 16th May 2023 to 30th June 2023.
The test will take place on 23rd September 2023.
* Chelmsford County High School for Girls – are not part of the same process, they have withdrawn from the consortium and now have their own admission exam, called the CEM 11+ Entrance Test. Their entrance test takes place on Friday 22nd September. To visit their admissions page click here.