Overall Oxbridge
#722
2 ranked schools · +192 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
5
Offers
2
Offer rate40.0%
+17.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Georgian and Victorian market town streets converge on the historic centre of Braintree, an Essex town of around 43,000 people that grew along the River Brain and northward to Stane Street, the Roman road from Braughing to Colchester. Great Notley is widely regarded as one of the most competitive postcodes in the district for school places, while Panfield and Shalford draw families seeking popular primary catchments along the western fringe. The Braintree Branch Line links two town stations to the Great Eastern Main Line at Witham, putting Chelmsford within roughly thirty minutes by rail. The town merged with its neighbour Bocking in 1934. Stisted lies just to the east.
Area Performance
Across 23 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 6.98/10, -0.43 vs England.
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Distribution across all Braintree schools
Braintree vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Braintree schools
top 50% of 14,978
top 50% of 14,978
top 88% of 3,680
top 88% of 3,680
top 88% of 2,376
top 88% of 2,376
Overall Oxbridge
2 ranked schools · +192 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
5
Offers
2
Cambridge
2 ranked schools · +37 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
5
Offers
2
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