Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
About the school
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form is an open secondary school in Essex.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 19 May 2026
- Published
- 15 June 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
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 inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 44.9
- Essex
- 45.1
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Essex
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 37.60%
- Essex
- 43.10%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 61.10%
- Essex
- 63.70%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 33.00%
- Essex
- 38.80%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.85
- Essex
- 3.97
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C
Average A-level points
- School
- 29.89
AAB or better
- School
- 8.00%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1255
Girls
53.23%
Boys
46.77%
SEN support
9.00%
Education, health and care plan
1.91%
English as an additional language
6.40%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
19.79%
Overall absence
9.57
Persistent absence
22.89
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
242
Sustained education or employment
93%
Education
85%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
3%
Not sustained
5%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
113
Sustained education or employment
88%
Higher education
53%
Further education
1%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
27%