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Manningtree High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Colchester Road, Lawford, Manningtree CO11 2BW · manningtreehigh.com · 01206 392852
On the mapSearch near CO11 2BW
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 48.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Essex 45.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 908
- 22 over 886 places · 102%
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 13.3%
- First language not English
- 2.8%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Alpha Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 179 families put the school first and 202 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 202 | 179 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 186 | 207 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 187 | 180 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 185 | 203 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 186 | 223 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.6, and 52.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Essex it was 45.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲48.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲52.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲73.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲42.9% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.32 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 26.9 | +5.5 |
| Sixth form college | 29.8 | −12.4 |
| Further education | 30.4 | −0.2 |
| Other education | 0.6 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.3 | +0.6 |
| Employment | 2.3 | +0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.5 | +1.8 |
| Activity not captured | 4.1 | — |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Manningtree High School on 8 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 8 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Dec 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Dec 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
71% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (194 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 71%
- Replies
- 194
- 21% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 77% who raised concerns
based on the 44% who had a child bullied
based on 54 parents (28%) with SEND