Notley High School and Sixth Form admissions: your chances of a place

How many families wanted a place, how many there were, how far the last place went, and how it compares with the schools around it.

Places available for 2026 entry

Fewer families put Notley High School and Sixth Form first (179) than there were places (206) for 2026 entry, and every family who put it first was offered a place. Demand can change from year to year.

Places offered

206

First choices

179

First choices per place

0.9

Last distance offered

Not published

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What the report includes for Notley High School and Sixth Form:

The straight-line distance from your home to Notley High School and Sixth Form.
We hold no last distance offered figures from Essex, so the report covers demand, alternatives and dates.
Applications, first choices and offers at Notley High School and Sixth Form for 2014 to 2026 entry.
How many families in Essex got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.

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Demand in detail

For September 2026 entry, 179 families put Notley High School and Sixth Form as their first choice and 362 named it as one of their preferences, for 206 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Demand has been fairly steady: 204 first choices in 2021, against 179 in 2026.

Across Essex, 83% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Essex lodged 542 appeals against secondary school offers; 406 reached a hearing and 57 succeeded (14% of those heard).

First choices and places at Notley High School and Sixth Form, 2017 to 2026

More first choices than places in 4 of 13 years.

First choicesPlaces offered

2017: 257
244
2018: 228
243
2019: 223
239
2020: 244
250
2021: 204
237
2022: 167
176
2023: 178
192
2024: 182
205
2025: 168
208
2026: 179
206

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers

Applications and offers by year

Entry year	Places offered	First choices	Named at all	First choices per place	First choices not offered
2026	206	179	362	0.9	0
2025	208	168	352	0.8	0
2024	205	182	335	0.9	0
2023	192	178	314	0.9	0
2022	176	167	309	0.9	0
2021	237	204	382	0.9	0
2020	250	244	465	1.0	4
2019	239	223	451	0.9	0
2018	243	228	514	0.9	4
2017	244	257	538	1.1	25
2016	236	251	580	1.1	35
2015	232	248	568	1.1	33
2014	234	255	595	1.1	35

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.

How hard the nearest schools are to get into

Councils in England let families name between three and six schools. A realistic back-up is a nearby school with spare places.

School	Distance	Places	First choices per place	Last distance offered
Alec Hunter Academy	1.2 miles	202	1.1 (2026)	-
Tabor Academy	1.4 miles	153	0.8 (2026)	-

Straight-line distance from Notley High School and Sixth Form. Below 1.0 means fewer first choices than places.

Who gets priority

Notley High School and Sixth Form is its own admission authority: the school (or its trust) sets its admissions policy and oversubscription criteria, and publishes them on its website. You still apply through Essex.

In England, a child whose education, health and care plan names the school is admitted first. Then, when there are more applicants than places, looked-after and previously looked-after children come first, followed by the school's own criteria, which usually include siblings and distance from home.

Joining during the school year

Notley High School and Sixth Form has 1,210 pupils for 1,500 places. That leaves room across the school, so places outside the normal entry year may come up. Moving mid-year? Apply through Essex's in-year admissions process or, for some schools, directly to the school.

How and when to apply

Secondary school (Year 7) applications for September 2027 close in 4 days, on Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply through Essex; offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.

Name the schools in your true order of preference: ranking a school first does not reduce your chances anywhere else. See Essex admissions dates and figures.

Questions about getting into Notley High School and Sixth Form

Will I get a place at Notley High School and Sixth Form?

Is Notley High School and Sixth Form oversubscribed?

It had more first choices than places in 4 of the 13 years we hold (2014 to 2026).

How far away does Notley High School and Sixth Form offer places?

We don't hold a published cut-off distance for Notley High School and Sixth Form. Every family who ranked it first for 2026 entry was offered a place, so distance did not decide those places that year.

What can I do if I don't get a place at Notley High School and Sixth Form?

Accept the offer you do get, so your child has a school, then ask to go on Notley High School and Sixth Form's waiting list and consider an appeal. In 2026, families in Essex lodged 542 appeals against secondary school offers; 406 reached a hearing and 57 succeeded (14% of those heard). Waiting lists move over the summer as families accept other places or move away.

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