Alec Hunter Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Braintree
Good
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Anglo European School
Secondary • Academy converter • Ingatestone
Good
Beauchamps High School
Secondary • Foundation school • Wickford
Outstanding
Becket Keys Church of England Free School
Secondary • Free schools • Brentwood
Outstanding
Bmat Stem Academy
Secondary • University technical college • Harlow
Good
Brentwood County High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Brentwood
Good
Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Brentwood
Good
Burnt Mill Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Harlow
Good
Castle View School
Secondary • Academy converter • Canvey Island
Requires improvement
Chelmer Valley High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Chelmsford
Good
Chelmsford County High School for Girls
Secondary • Academy converter • Chelmsford
Outstanding
Clacton County High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Clacton-on-Sea
Good
Colchester Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Colchester
Good
Colchester County High School for Girls
Secondary • Academy converter • Colchester
Outstanding
Colchester Royal Grammar School
Secondary • Academy converter • Colchester
Inadequate
Colne Community School
Secondary • Academy converter • Colchester
Good
Davenant Foundation School
Secondary • Academy converter • Loughton
Good
De La Salle School
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Basildon
Good
Debden Park High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Loughton
Outstanding
Epping St John's Church of England School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Epping
Good
Forest Hall School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Stansted Mountfitchet
Good
Great Baddow High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Chelmsford
Good
Harwich and Dovercourt High School
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Harwich
Good
Hedingham School and Sixth Form
Secondary • Academy converter • Halstead
Good
Honywood School
Secondary • Academy converter • Colchester
Good
Hylands School
Secondary • Academy converter • Chelmsford
Requires improvement
Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport
Secondary • Academy converter • Saffron Walden
Good
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
Secondary • Academy converter • Chelmsford
Outstanding
King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Waltham Abbey
Good
Lift Clacton
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Clacton on Sea
Good
Lift Greensward
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Hockley
Good
Lift Maltings
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Witham
Requires improvement
Lift New Rickstones
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Witham
Good
Lift Tendring
Secondary • Academy converter • Frinton-on-Sea
Good
Manningtree High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Manningtree
Good
Mark Hall Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Harlow
Requires improvement
Mayflower High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Billericay
Requires improvement
Moulsham High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Chelmsford
Good
Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form
Secondary • Academy converter • Braintree
Requires improvement
Ormiston Rivers Academy
Secondary • Academy sponsor led • Burnham-on-Crouch
Good
Passmores Academy
Secondary • Academy converter • Harlow
Good
Paxman Academy
Secondary • Free schools • Colchester
Good
Philip Morant School and College
Secondary • Academy converter • Colchester
Good
Plume School
Secondary • Academy converter • Maldon
Good
Roding Valley High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Loughton
Good
Saffron Walden County High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Saffron Walden
Outstanding
Shenfield High School
Secondary • Academy converter • Brentwood
Good
Sir Frederick Gibberd College
Secondary • Free schools • Harlow
Not judged
St Benedict's Catholic College
Secondary • Voluntary aided school • Colchester
Good
St Helena School
Secondary • Academy converter • Colchester
Good
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