Education
There are two secondary schools in Witham, Maltings Academy and The New Rickstones Academy, both achieving a slightly below average 5 A*-C GCSE rating, averaging around the 40% mark.
The town's primary schools are Templars, Holy Family, Howbridge, Powers Hall, Chipping Hill (This became a primary school in September 2010 and moved to a new site in the south of town in January 2012), Rivenhall CoE, Elm Hall Primary, Southview and Silver End Primary. Both Chipping Hill School and Powers Hall Junior School received Outstanding OfSTED reports in 2008.
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