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Grammar schools in Basildon

There are no grammar schools in Basildon.

Grammar schools are state secondaries that select by ability, usually through an 11+ test. Essex has 4 of them, but none in Basildon itself — so every state secondary in Basildon admits without a selective test.

The nearest is Westcliff High School for Girls, about 8.7 miles away in Southend-on-Sea. Most grammar schools accept out-of-area applicants, though distance is often a tie-breaker when a school is oversubscribed.

Grammar schools elsewhere in Essex

Essex has 4 grammar schools, but none in Basildon itself.

Nearest grammar schools to Basildon

Straight-line distance from the centre of Basildon — not a travel time.

SchoolAreaDistanceIntakeOfsted
Westcliff High School for Girls Westcliff-on-Sea 8.7 miles Girls Outstanding
Westcliff High School for Boys Academy Westcliff-on-Sea 8.8 miles Boys Outstanding
Southend High School for Boys Southend-on-Sea 9.9 miles Boys Outstanding
Gravesend Grammar School Gravesend 9.9 miles Boys Not judged
Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend Gravesend 10.4 miles Girls Outstanding
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford Chelmsford 11.7 miles Mixed —

Published admissions priorities

These are extracts from school-specific arrangements for the entry years shown, in priority order. They are not the full policy or a prediction of an offer. Check the linked arrangement for test eligibility, deadlines and all remaining priorities.

Westcliff High School for Girls — 2026 entry

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children who pass the CSSE selection tests (published source)
  2. Children living in the SS0–SS9 postcodes who pass and are entitled to 'preferential consideration' (free school meals or pupil premium, declared when registering for the test) — up to 15 places, in score order (published source)
  3. Other children living in the SS0–SS9 postcodes who pass — in score order, up to 154 places for the area in all (published source)

Westcliff High School for Boys Academy — 2026 entry

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children who pass the CSSE selection tests (published source)
  2. Children living in the SS0–SS9 postcodes who pass and are entitled to 'preferential consideration' (free school meals or pupil premium, declared when registering for the test) — up to 15 places, in score order (published source)
  3. Other children living in the SS0–SS9 postcodes who pass — in score order, up to 148 places for the area in all (published source)

Southend High School for Boys — 2026 entry

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children who pass the CSSE selection tests (published source)
  2. Children living in the SS0–SS9 postcodes who pass and are entitled to 'preferential consideration' (free school meals or pupil premium, declared when registering for the test) — up to 15 places, in score order (published source)
  3. Other children living in the SS0–SS9 postcodes who pass — in score order, up to 150 places for the area in all (published source)

Gravesend Grammar School — 2026 entry

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children (published source)
  2. Health and special access reasons (published source)
  3. A brother or sister at the school when the child joins (published source)

Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend — 2026 entry

  1. Looked after and previously looked after children (published source)
  2. A sister attending the school at the time of entry (published source)
  3. Girls living in DA2 6, DA2 8, DA3, DA4, DA9, DA10, DA11, DA12, DA13, ME3 or parts of TN15 — free school meals girls first, then by Kent Test score (published source)

King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford — 2026 entry

  1. Up to 8 places for boys on the Pupil Premium or looked after / previously looked after, living in the 12.5-mile priority area since 10 October of Year 6, with a standardised score of at least 330 — top scores first (published source)
  2. Further places in score order until 120 have gone to boys living in the 12.5-mile priority area since 10 October of Year 6 (published source)
  3. Of the remaining places, up to 2 for boys on the Pupil Premium or looked after with a score of at least 350, wherever they live (published source)

Schools in Basildon

Basildon has 35 open schools. Browse all Basildon schools with Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria, or see them on the map.

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