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Manningtree High School
- Pupils on roll
- 908of 886 places
- Free school meals
- 13.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 182
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 8 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Manningtree High School (URN 115206, until 1 March 2012).
What the data says
Manningtree High School has no sixth form. Of the 169 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 26% moved to a sixth form college, 40% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 46% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.6 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Essex, with 53% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Manningtree High School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Essex and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Manningtree High School | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 169 | 15,970 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 86% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 19% | 37% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 26% | 9% | 13% |
| — further education college | 40% | 38% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Manningtree High School | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.6 | 45.1 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 43% | 39% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.32 | 3.97 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 13% | 22% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.7 | 31.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.5 | 48.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 9% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 185 | 100% | 89% | 21% | 20% | 77% |
| Mathematics | 181 | 99% | 88% | 24% | 22% | 77% |
| English Literature | 175 | 96% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 82% |
| Combined Science | 137 | 75% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 66% |
| History | 114 | 63% | 41% | 21% | 26% | 55% |
| Design and Technology | 83 | 46% | 11% | 11% | 23% | 47% |
| Geography | 70 | 38% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 56% |
| Religious Studies | 59 | 32% | 31% | 32% | 32% | 68% |
| Art and Design | 53 | 29% | 7% | 25% | 24% | 75% |
| French | 45 | 25% | 18% | 20% | 29% | 80% |
| Physics | 44 | 24% | 23% | 39% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 43 | 24% | 23% | 47% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 43 | 24% | 23% | 40% | 45% | 100% |
| Drama | 41 | 23% | 7% | 32% | 27% | 80% |
| Physical Education | 33 | 18% | 11% | 12% | 24% | 55% |
| German | 32 | 18% | 5% | 13% | 33% | 59% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 14% | 13% | 20% | 30% | 76% |
| Media Studies | 25 | 14% | 4% | 16% | 20% | 84% |
| Ancient History | 19 | 10% | 0% | 37% | 37% | 74% |
| Dance | 10 | 5% | 1% | 10% | 27% | 70% |
| Music | 9 | 5% | 5% | 33% | 33% | 56% |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 42 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 41 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Essex
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96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.6
Beauchamps High School
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
Becket Keys Church of England Free School
Free schools · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.0
Bmat Stem Academy
University technical college · sixth form · 240 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 28.1
Brentwood County High School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,097 pupils
78% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.