Private schools in Essex
Essex has 28 private schools, also called independent schools. They are not ranked: the government leaves most private schools out of its results tables because they sit IGCSEs, and most are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, so there is nothing to rank them on that would be fair. The list shows what is published: the ages they take, how many pupils they have and who inspects them.
Private schools (28)
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| School | Type | Ages | Pupils | Low income | Ofsted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood SchoolBrentwood | Independent school | 3-19 | 1,853 | – | Not inspected |
| Chelmsford Hospital SchoolChelmsford | Independent school | 11-18 | 1 | – | Not inspected |
| Chigwell SchoolChigwell | Independent school | 4-18 | 1,135 | – | Not inspected |
| Colchester Prep & High SchoolColchester | Independent school | 2-16 | 280 | – | Not inspected |
| Coopersale Hall SchoolEpping | Independent school | 2-16 | 302 | – | Not inspected |
| Daiglen School | Independent school | 3-11 | 95 | – | Not inspected |
| Elm Green Preparatory School | Independent school | 3-11 | 164 | – | Not inspected |
| Felsted SchoolFelsted | Independent school | 3-19 | 932 | – | Not inspected |
| Gosfield School | Independent school | 2-18 | 369 | – | Not inspected |
| Heathcote SchoolChelmsford | Independent school | 2-11 | 98 | – | Not inspected |
| Holmwood House SchoolColchester | Independent school | 0-16 | 395 | – | Not inspected |
| Howe Green House SchoolBishop's Stortford | Independent school | 2-11 | 130 | – | Not inspected |
| Littlegarth SchoolColchester | Independent school | 2-11 | 304 | – | Not inspected |
| Loyola Preparatory SchoolBuckhurst Hill | Independent school | 3-11 | 138 | – | Not inspected |
| Maldon Court Preparatory SchoolMaldon | Independent school | 1-11 | 142 | – | Not inspected |
| New Hall SchoolChelmsford | Independent school | 1-19 | 1,364 | – | Not inspected |
| Oaklands SchoolLoughton | Independent school | 2-11 | 264 | – | Not inspected |
| Open Box Education Centre | Independent school | 14-17 | 16 | – | Not inspected |
| Saint Nicholas School | Independent school | 2-16 | 439 | – | Not inspected |
| St Anne's SchoolChelmsford | Independent school | 3-11 | 107 | – | Not inspected |
| St Cedd's SchoolChelmsford | Independent school | 3-11 | 321 | – | Not inspected |
| St John's School | Independent school | 2-16 | 274 | – | Not inspected |
| St Margaret's Preparatory SchoolHalstead | Independent school | 2-11 | 154 | – | Not inspected |
| St Mary's School for GirlsColchester | Independent school | 2-17 | 424 | – | Not inspected |
| St Philomena's SchoolFrinton-on-Sea | Independent school | 4-11 | 89 | – | Not inspected |
| Ursuline Preparatory SchoolBrentwood | Independent school | 3-11 | 161 | – | Not inspected |
| Widford Lodge SchoolChelmsford | Independent school | 2-11 | 179 | – | Not inspected |
| Woodlands School Hutton ManorBrentwood | Independent school | 0-11 | 143 | – | Not inspected |
Private schools by town in Essex
Private schools in nearby areas
About this list
Private schools charge fees and set their own admissions. The list comes from the Department for Education's register of schools, which records every registered independent school whether or not it publishes results. Most are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and most sit IGCSEs, which the government leaves out of its performance tables. That is why they carry no School Chooser Score and are listed alphabetically rather than ranked. Fees are not published in any national dataset, so they are not shown here; ask the school. How the score works.