Manningtree High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Manningtree, Essex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Essex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2023–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Manningtree High School is a secondary school in Manningtree, Essex for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 January 2025. Essex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Manningtree High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2022 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 59 of the 71 other Essex secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry there were 179 first-choice applications for 202 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 31st lowest of 75 Essex secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 48.6 (England 46).
- That 2024/25 result was the 4th highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Essex that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Essex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Colchester Road, Lawford, Manningtree, CO11 2BW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Essex
- Pupils on roll
- 908 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils have responded positively to the changes recently implemented at Manningtree High School.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), understand the increased aspiration the school now has for them.”
- “Pupils have answered this ambition by working hard.”
To improve
- “However, around school, pupils are not always encouraged to move with purpose and with consideration for others.”
- “However, how staff deal with disengaged behaviour or learning avoidance is not as consistent.”
- “This means that some pupils are allowed to become passive in class.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 February 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 53% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 179 first-preference applications, 202 offers in total, 179 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Essex.
- Colchester Academy 5.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Gilberd School 6.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Trinity School 6.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Helena School 7.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Colchester Royal Grammar School 8.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Thomas Lord Audley School 8.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Colne Community School 8.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Colchester County High School for Girls 8.5 mi Outstanding