Clacton County High School Clacton County High School Clacton County High School (often abbreviated to CCHS) is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status, located in Clacton-on-Sea, in the county of Essex, England. There are over 1,900 students attending the school. It specialises in the performing arts, and is situated next to Clacton Leisure Centre, east of the railway station. The school sixth form is working in partnership with other local schools to provide post 16 years education in the Clacton area. It was a grammar school. It was opened in September 1928, and the official opening was on 28 November
Clacton-on-Sea between Jaywick and Holland-on-Sea along the coastline and Great Clacton to the north. The relevant local authority is Tendring District Council. It is at the south-eastern end of the A133. The resort of Frinton-on-Sea is nearby to the north-east. Clacton has a pleasure pier, arcades, a golf course, caravan parks and an airfield. The town and its beaches are still popular with tourists in the summer and there is an annual entertainment programme including the Clacton Carnival, which starts on the second Saturday in August and lasts for a week. Clacton Airshow, an aerial display, takes place on the Thursday