Chelmsford County High School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jan 23 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Essex
Unique reference
136412
Address
Broomfield Road, CM1 1RW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1186 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
22.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
2.6%
Persistent absence
16.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 32.7%
Indian 31.9%
African 8.7%
Other Asian 5.6%
Mixed 4.2%
Other White 3.7%
Chinese 3.5%
Pakistani 3.1%
Bangladeshi 2.6%
Other 1.9%
Unclassified 1.2%
Irish 0.8%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.9
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 97%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 100%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 82.4
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 8.13
Local authority average 3.95
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)33
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE154
ChemistryGCSE154
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE71
DanceGCSE1
EconomicsGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE154
English LiteratureGCSE154
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chelmsford County High School for Girls

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
179
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
383
2nd preference
86
3rd preference
39
From another Local Authority
137
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
179
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
28
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
0
180
Year 8
180
0
180
Year 9
180
0
180
Year 10
180
0
180
Year 11
151
0
151
Year 12
151
0
151
Year 13
164
0
164
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
100.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
2.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
96.0%
38.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
10.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.1%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
90.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
72.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
66.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
17.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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