Secondary School Applications

2025/2026 CURRENT YEAR 6s

Year 6 Secondary School Tours

Most of the schools also offer tours during the school day. Please let us know in advance if you need to take your child out of school to attend a tour. For more details, please contact the schools directly.

ECC Secondary Education in Essex booklet

ECC Secondary Schools Brochure 2025_26

Secondary School Admissions for September 2026 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 13th May 2025 to 27th June 2025.

The test will take place on 23rd September 2025.

* Chelmsford County High School for Girls – are not part of the same process, they have withdrawn from the consortium and now have their own admission exam, called the CEM 11+ Entrance Test.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 13th September. To visit their admissions page click here.