ESSEX grammar schools have continued to prove they are top of the class, both in the region, and nationally.

The Sunday Times’s table of the top state schools, based on GCSE and A-level results, shows all but one of the top ten secondaries in East Anglia are in Essex.

The highest-ranking was Colchester Royal Grammar School, which also came ninth nationally. It saw 91.5 per cent of A-level pupils getting A* to B grades and 86.6 per cent of GCSE pupils with A* or A grades.

Second, third and fourth place were taken by King Edward VI Grammar School, in Chelmsford, Chelmsford County High School for Girls and Colchester County High School for Girls, respectively.

The next best performer was Westcliff High School for Boys, which was ranked fifth in East Anglia and 51st nationally.

Southend High School for Boys was sixth, followed by Southend High School for Girls.

Westcliff High School for Girls was also in the top 100.

Included in the top ten state primary schools in East Anglia were Woodville Primary School, South Woodham Ferrers; St Peter’s Primary School, Brentwood; Hamilton Primary School; Colchester, and Tendring Primary School, Clacton.

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