there are two secondary schools in witham, maltings academy and new rickstones academy. maltings academy achieved 94% a*- c gcse grades in 2012. (51% including english and maths) and an above national average of 99% of pupils gaining at least one gcse in 2012. the two schools are part of the aet academies chain. new rickstones academy was rated good by ofsted in january 2015 and maltings academy was rated outstanding by ofsted in march 2015.