Notley High School and Sixth Form
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Braintree, CM7 1WY
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Alec Hunter Academy
Stubbs Lane, Braintree, CM7 3NR
Local ranking25th of 80 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1142
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 9 November 2022. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 217
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 10.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1067
- Boys
- 558 (53%)
- Girls
- 500 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1142 (93% full)
- SEND
- 18.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.1%
- EAL
- 8.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 15.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,585/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 85.8%
- White Other: 5.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.4%
- Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Asian Indian: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Black Caribbean: 0.4%
85.8%
White British
5.6%
White Other
2.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Stubbs Lane
Braintree, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 139402
- UKPRN
- 10040774
- Establishment No.
- 4010
- Trust
- SAFFRON ACADEMY TRUST
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