The Telegraph guide scores for every Essex secondary school

Published by The Telegraph, the guide scores each school out of 40 points, taking into account factors such as GCSE results, class sizes, subject offerings, and pupil destinations after leaving school.

It also compares schools with others in their local area to provide a broader context for performance.

While only the top 100 schools in the country were given a specific ranking in a league table, the newspaper graded more than 2,000 schools in total, including dozens across Essex.

Rankings - only the top 100 schools in England were included in a league table

King Edward VI Grammar School (KEGS) in Chelmsford secured the top spot nationally, earning a perfect score of 40 points.

The ranking was published on October 15, and is based on nine performance indicators, including GCSE results, class sizes, absence rates, subject offerings and student destinations after leaving school.

KEGS was recognised in part for its outstanding GCSE results, with 87.4 per cent of students achieving a grade 7 or above in English and maths, compared to the national average of 14 per cent.

The league table is part of The Telegraph’s broader education guide, which includes a postcode tool to help parents identify high-performing schools in their area.

Number one - King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, was ranked best in England

See the full list of scores for Essex schools here:

Basildon

Basildon Upper Academy, Pitsea – 14/40

James Hornsby School, Laindon - 18/40

De La Salle School, Basildon - 21/40

Harris Academy Kingswood (formerly Woodlands School) - 20/40

Harris Academy Wickford (formerly Bromfords School) - 20/40

Beauchamps High School, Wickford- 23/40

Harris Academy Billericay (formerly Billericay School) - 24/40

Mayflower High School, Billericay – 25/40

Braintree

Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form - 21/40

Alec Hunter Academy, Braintree – 24/40

Honywood School, Coggeshall - 21/40

Tabor Academy, Braintree - 18/40

Lift Maltings, Witham – 17/40

Hedingham School and Sixth Form – 24/40

Ramsey Academy, Halstead - 18/40

Lift New Rickstones, Witham – 19/40

Brentwood

Anglo European School, Ingatestone - 33/40

Becket Keys Church of England School, Brentwood - 31/40 

Brentwood County High School - 24/40 

Brentwood Ursuline Convent High School – 35/40 

Shenfield High School - 20/40 

St Martin's School, Hutton - 27/40 

Castle Point

Harris Academy Benfleet (formerly Appleton School) - 20/40

Cornelius Vermuyden School, Canvey - 14/40 

Castle View School, Canvey - 15/40 

The King John School, Benfleet - 28/40 

The Deanes, Benfleet – 15/40

Chelmsford

King Edward VI Grammar School (KEGS), Chelmsford – 40/40 - ranked number 1 in England

Chelmsford County High School for Girls, Chelmsford - 38/40  - ranked 18th in England

Great Baddow High School - 24/40 

Hylands School, Writtle - 17/40 

Moulsham High School, Chelmsford - 32/40 

Sandon School - 23/40 

The Boswells School, Springfield – 25/40 

William de Ferrers School, South Woodham Ferrers – 22/40 

St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford - 27/40 

The Beaulieu Park School, Chelmsford – 29/40 

Chelmer Valley High School, Broomfield – 29/40 

Colchester

Colchester County High School for Girls, Colchester - 38/40 - ranked 20th in England

Colchester Royal Grammar School, Colchester - 34/40

Philip Morant School & College, Colchester - 22/40 

St Helena School, Colchester – 20/40 

Thomas Lord Audley School, Colchester – 21/40 

Stanway School - 25/40 

The Gilberd School, Highwoods – 27/40 

St Benedict's Catholic College, Colchester - 31/40 

Colchester Academy - 14/40 

Paxman Academy, Colchester - 21/40 

Thurstable School, Tiptree – 20/40 

Colne Community School, Brightlingsea - 21/40

Epping Forest

Davenant Foundation School, Loughton- 31/40 

Debden Park High School, Debden - 25/40 

Epping St John's School - 22/40 

King Harold Academy, Waltham Abbey - 18/40 

Roding Valley High School, Loughton - 24/40 

West Hatch High School, Chigwell - 30/40 

The Ongar Academy – 20/40 

Harlow

Mark Hall Academy, Harlow – 18/40 

Burnt Mill Academy, Harlow – 22/40 

Passmores Academy, Harlow - 15/40 

Stewards Academy, Harlow – 23/40 

Sir Frederick Gibberd College, Harlow – 22/40 

Maldon

Plume Academy - 20/40 

Ormiston Rivers Academy - 17/40

Rochford

Lift Greensward, Hockley – 24/40 

The FitzWimarc School, Rayleigh - 25/40 

The King Edmund School, Rochford – 18/40 

Sweyne Park School, Rayleigh - 22/40 

Southend

Southend High School for Boys – 36/40 

Southend High School for Girls - 35/40 

Westcliff High School for Boys - 38/40 - ranked 26th in England

Westcliff High School for Girls – 37/40 - ranked 67th in England

St Bernard's High School, Westcliff – 31/40 

St Thomas More High School, Southend – 32/40 

Shoeburyness High School – 19/40 

The Eastwood Academy - 25/40  

Belfairs Academy, Leigh - 20/40 

Cecil Jones Academy, Southend – 15/40 

Chase High School, Westcliff - 17/40

Tendring

Clacton County High School - 18/40 

Lift Clacton – 15/40 

Harwich and Dovercourt High School - 15/40 

Manningtree High School - 27/40 

Lift Tendring – 20/40 

Thurrock

The Hathaway Academy, Grays - 21/40 

St Clere's School, Stanford-le-Hope - 22/40 

William Edwards School, Grays -  22/40 

Harris Academy Ockendon – 24/40  

Harris Academy Chafford Hundred - 35/40 

Harris Academy Riverside, Purfleet - 28/40 

Gateway Academy, Grays - 26/40 

Grays Convent High School - 32/40 

Ormiston Park Academy, Aveley - 18/40 

(Mossbourne schools are not on the table yet)

Uttlesford

Helena Romanes School, Great Dunmow - 21/40

Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport - 24/40 

Forest Hall School, Stansted - 23/40 

Saffron Walden County High School - 31/40