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Year 7 applications

The secondary school admission round generally opens in the middle of September and applications must be made by 31st October for parents of current Year 6 children to apply for a secondary school (Year 7) place for the following September.

Applications can be made online via Essex school admissions for children living in Essex or Suffolk school admissions for families living in Suffolk. 

All of the application information is available on the website above.

The websites also have copies of the Secondary Education idirectories booklet which contains details of all secondary school admission policies.
 
Below you will find website links for local secondary schools as well as Grammar schools and faith schools.
 
Local Comprehensive Schools 
 

Hedingham School and Sixth Form College, Sible Hedingham

 Hedingham School and Sixth Form College

 

The Ramsey Academy, Halstead

The Ramsey Academy

 

Stour Valley Community School - Clare

Stour Valley Community School

 

Samuel Ward Academy, Haverhill

Samuel Ward Academy

 

Selective (Grammar) Schools

 

   Details for all Essex Selective Schools and information about entrance examinations can be found at CSSE. Websites for some of the nearest schools can be found below. 

 

Colchester Royal Grammar School (Boys)

    CRGS

 

King EdwardVI Grammar School (Boys)

     KEGS

 

Colchester County High School For Girls

    CCHSG

 

Chelmsford County High School For Girls

   CCHS

 

Church of England Secondary Schools

 

Becket Keys Secondary, Brentwood

  Becket Keys

 

Epping St John's Secondary

  Epping St John's

 

Catholic Schools

 

St Benedict's Catholic College, Colchester

   St. Benedict's

St John Payne, Chelmsford

    SJP