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Schools in East of England (2025)

2,525 schools · 992,568 students · 1424 academy, 949 local authority, 152 independent · median Pupils on roll 246.

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Top 100 schools in East of England

The highest-scoring 100 of 2,332 ranked schools in East of England, by Success Index (England). Use the local authority and town pages below, the ranking tables or the search box to find every school.

  1. 1
    100
    Eversholt Lower SchoolMilton Keynes · Academy Primary– · 68 students
  2. 2
    100
    King Edward VI Grammar School, ChelmsfordChelmsford · Academy Secondary83.3 Attainment 8 · 1,153 students
  3. 3
    99
    Colchester Royal Grammar SchoolColchester · Academy Secondary82.1 Attainment 8 · 1,073 students
  4. 4
    99
    Crabtree Infants' SchoolHarpenden · Academy Primary– · 178 students
  5. 5
    99
    Ingatestone Infant SchoolIngatestone · Academy Primary– · 127 students
  6. 6
    99
    The Perse SchoolCambridge · Independent All-through82.9 Attainment 8 · 1,774 students
  7. 7
    99
    Shenfield St. Mary's Church of England Primary SchoolBrentwood · Academy Primary93% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 420 students
  8. 8
    99
    Bushey and Oxhey Infant SchoolBushey · Local authority Primary– · 176 students
  9. 9
    99
    Chelmsford County High School for GirlsChelmsford · Academy Secondary80.7 Attainment 8 · 1,275 students
  10. 10
    99
    Colchester County High School for GirlsColchester · Academy Secondary80.6 Attainment 8 · 1,198 students
  11. 11
    99
    St Dominic Catholic Primary SchoolHARPENDEN · Academy Primary– · 232 students
  12. 12
    99
    The Grove Infant and Nursery SchoolHarpenden · Local authority Primary– · 243 students
  13. 13
    99
    Bournes Green Infant SchoolSouthend-on-Sea · Academy Primary– · 193 students
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    99
    St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolBillericay · Academy Primary96% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 419 students
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    99
    St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, South WealdBrentwood · Local authority Primary98% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 454 students
  16. 16
    98
    Aspley Guise Village SchoolAspley Guise · Academy Primary– · 136 students
  17. 17
    98
    Victoria Church of England Infant and Nursery SchoolBerkhamsted · Local authority Primary– · 141 students
  18. 18
    98
    West Leigh Infant SchoolLeigh-on-Sea · Local authority Primary– · 360 students
  19. 19
    98
    Perryfields Infant SchoolChelmsford · Academy Primary– · 180 students
  20. 20
    98
    Cassiobury Infant and Nursery SchoolWatford · Local authority Primary– · 310 students
  21. 21
    98
    Jenyns First School and NurseryWare · Local authority Primary– · 66 students
  22. 22
    98
    Manland Primary SchoolHarpenden · Local authority Primary91% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 204 students
  23. 23
    98
    Cardiff Sixth Form College, CambridgeCambridge · Independent Secondary– · 100 students
  24. 24
    98
    Skyswood Primary & Nursery SchoolSt Albans · Academy Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 230 students
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    98
    Westcliff High School for Boys AcademyWestcliff-on-Sea · Academy Secondary77.6 Attainment 8 · 1,309 students
  26. 26
    97
    Dame Alice Owen's SchoolPotters Bar · Academy Secondary72.9 Attainment 8 · 1,467 students
  27. 27
    97
    Kingshill Infant SchoolWare · Local authority Primary– · 206 students
  28. 28
    97
    Malvern Way Infant and Nursery SchoolRickmansworth · Local authority Primary– · 240 students
  29. 29
    97
    Strathmore Infant and Nursery SchoolHitchin · Local authority Primary– · 198 students
  30. 30
    97
    St Peter's Church of England Primary Academy, West HanningfieldChelmsford · Academy Primary– · 100 students
  31. 31
    97
    The Russell SchoolRickmansworth · Local authority Primary86% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 237 students
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    97
    Ghost Hill Infant and Nursery SchoolNorwich · Academy Primary– · 205 students
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    97
    Linslade Lower SchoolLeighton Buzzard · Local authority Primary– · 181 students
  34. 34
    97
    Nascot Wood Infant and Nursery SchoolWatford · Local authority Primary– · 202 students
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    97
    Sutton CofE VA Primary SchoolSutton · Local authority Primary– · 98 students
  36. 36
    97
    Wheatfields Junior Mixed SchoolSt Albans · Academy Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 358 students
  37. 37
    96
    Harvey Road Primary SchoolRickmansworth · Local authority Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 240 students
  38. 38
    96
    Parkgate Infants' and Nursery SchoolWatford · Local authority Primary– · 202 students
  39. 39
    96
    Pulford CofE VA Lower SchoolLeighton Buzzard · Local authority Primary– · 259 students
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    96
    Southend High School for GirlsSouthend-on-Sea · Academy Secondary75.0 Attainment 8 · 1,312 students
  41. 41
    96
    Crabtree Junior SchoolHarpenden · Academy Primary86% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 256 students
  42. 42
    96
    Quilters Infant SchoolBillericay · Local authority Primary– · 181 students
  43. 43
    96
    Abbot's Hill SchoolHemel Hempstead · Independent All-through68.8 Attainment 8 · 380 students
  44. 44
    96
    Abbots Ripton CofE Primary SchoolHuntingdon · Local authority Primary94% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 103 students
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    96
    Hockliffe Lower SchoolLeighton Buzzard · Academy Primary– · 67 students
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    96
    St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, ColchesterColchester · Academy Primary93% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 209 students
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    96
    Westcliff High School for GirlsWestcliff-on-Sea · Academy Secondary75.6 Attainment 8 · 1,354 students
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    96
    Arden Grove Infant and Nursery SchoolNorwich · Academy Primary– · 173 students
  49. 49
    96
    Ipswich SchoolIpswich · Independent All-through68.1 Attainment 8 · 966 students
  50. 50
    96
    Southend High School for BoysSouthend-on-Sea · Academy Secondary73.8 Attainment 8 · 1,332 students
  51. 51
    96
    Campton AcademyShefford · Academy Primary– · 128 students
  52. 52
    96
    Fleetville Infant and Nursery SchoolSt Albans · Academy Primary– · 304 students
  53. 53
    96
    Kingston Primary SchoolThundersley · Academy Primary90% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 210 students
  54. 54
    96
    Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolRickmansworth · Local authority Primary93% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 201 students
  55. 55
    96
    St Mary's School for GirlsColchester · Independent All-through66.5 Attainment 8 · 424 students
  56. 56
    95
    Russell Lower SchoolAmpthill · Local authority Primary– · 437 students
  57. 57
    95
    Crosshall Infant SchoolSt Neots · Academy Primary– · 287 students
  58. 58
    95
    Recreation Road Infant SchoolNorwich · Local authority Primary– · 328 students
  59. 59
    95
    Barnack CofE (Controlled) Primary SchoolStamford · Local authority Primary95% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 180 students
  60. 60
    95
    Prae Wood Primary SchoolSt Albans · Local authority Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 446 students
  61. 61
    95
    St Clement Danes SchoolRickmansworth · Academy Secondary65.1 Attainment 8 · 1,585 students
  62. 62
    95
    St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Saffron WaldenSaffron Walden · Academy Primary94% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 206 students
  63. 63
    95
    Swing Gate Infant School and NurseryBerkhamsted · Local authority Primary– · 144 students
  64. 64
    95
    The Firs Lower SchoolBedford · Academy Primary– · 350 students
  65. 65
    95
    The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St AlbansSt Albans · Local authority Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 189 students
  66. 66
    95
    New Hall SchoolChelmsford · Independent All-through70.5 Attainment 8 · 1,364 students
  67. 67
    95
    St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolHoddesdon · Academy Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 238 students
  68. 68
    95
    Sundon Lower SchoolLuton · Academy Primary– · 63 students
  69. 69
    95
    St George's SchoolHarpenden · Academy Secondary63.7 Attainment 8 · 1,351 students
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    95
    Maple Primary SchoolSt Albans · Local authority Primary93% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 214 students
  71. 71
    94
    Sandringham SchoolSt Albans · Academy Secondary65.1 Attainment 8 · 1,777 students
  72. 72
    94
    Lift AshingdonRochford · Academy Primary87% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 206 students
  73. 73
    94
    Lift WesteringsHockley · Academy Primary85% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 417 students
  74. 74
    94
    Watford Grammar School for BoysWatford · Academy Secondary68.9 Attainment 8 · 1,590 students
  75. 75
    94
    Copford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolColchester · Local authority Primary85% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 202 students
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    94
    Parmiter's SchoolWatford · Academy Secondary66.5 Attainment 8 · 1,496 students
  77. 77
    94
    Spixworth Infant SchoolNorwich · Local authority Primary– · 109 students
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    94
    Hockerill Anglo-European CollegeBishop's Stortford · Academy Secondary61.7 Attainment 8 · 903 students
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    94
    Quilters Junior SchoolBillericay · Local authority Primary85% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 262 students
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    94
    Stanbridge Lower SchoolLeighton Buzzard · Local authority Primary– · 120 students
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    94
    Avanti Grange Secondary SchoolBishops Stortford · Academy Secondary10% Free school meals · 660 students
  82. 82
    94
    Watford Grammar School for GirlsWatford · Academy Secondary68.2 Attainment 8 · 1,427 students
  83. 83
    94
    Alpington and Bergh Apton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolNorwich · Local authority Primary88% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 142 students
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    94
    Dovery AcademyLeighton Buzzard · Academy Primary– · 191 students
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    94
    Histon and Impington Brook Primary SchoolCambridge · Academy Primary90% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 408 students
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    94
    Perryfields Junior SchoolChelmsford · Academy Primary91% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 301 students
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    94
    Yavneh CollegeBorehamwood · Academy Secondary61.6 Attainment 8 · 1,085 students
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    94
    Heathwood Lower SchoolLeighton Buzzard · Local authority Primary– · 195 students
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    94
    The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science CollegeBishop's Stortford · Academy Secondary63.6 Attainment 8 · 1,508 students
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    93
    Ditton Lodge Primary SchoolNewmarket · Academy Primary96% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 204 students
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    93
    Wood End SchoolHarpenden · Local authority Primary80% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 457 students
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    93
    Goldfield Infants' and Nursery SchoolTring · Local authority Primary– · 222 students
  93. 93
    93
    West Leigh Junior SchoolLeigh-on-Sea · Academy Primary84% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 526 students
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    93
    Beaumont SchoolSt Albans · Academy Secondary62.6 Attainment 8 · 1,722 students
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    93
    Nascot Wood Junior SchoolWatford · Local authority Primary88% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 240 students
  96. 96
    93
    Sir John Lawes SchoolHarpenden · Academy Secondary62.8 Attainment 8 · 1,373 students
  97. 97
    93
    Mill Mead Primary AcademyHertford · Academy Primary– · 216 students
  98. 98
    93
    St Alban's Catholic Primary SchoolCambridge · Academy Primary83% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 205 students
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    93
    Heathlands Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, West BergholtColchester · Local authority Primary86% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 411 students
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    93
    Bushey Heath Primary SchoolBushey · Local authority Primary83% KS2 expected standard (RWM) · 242 students

193 further schools in East of England are listed without a rank (small rolls, no published Pupils on roll, or unscored types); they appear on their town pages and in search.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best school in East of England?

Eversholt Lower School is the highest-ranked school in East of England with a Success Index (England) of 99.5 out of 100 (Top 5% of primary schools in England).

How many schools are in East of England?

East of England has 2525 schools (2018 primary, 399 secondary, 99 all-through, 9 sixth form) educating 992,568 students in 2025.

What is the typical Pupils on roll in East of England?

The median Pupils on roll across schools in East of England is 246. Number of pupils in the latest school census.