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
1236 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
25.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
3.6%
Persistent absence
7.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 33.2%
White British 30%
African 7.2%
Other Asian 5.3%
Mixed 4.9%
Other White 4%
Chinese 4%
Bangladeshi 3.6%
Pakistani 3.3%
Other 2.2%
Unclassified 1.5%
Irish 0.8%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 97%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 80.5
Local authority average 44.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 7.93
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)42
Art & DesignGCSE39
BiologyGCSE178
ChemistryGCSE178
ChineseGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE74
DanceGCSE3
English LanguageGCSE179
English LiteratureGCSE178
FrenchGCSE104
Year 2024-2025

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
356
2nd preference
114
3rd preference
33
From another Local Authority
131
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
170
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
32
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.5
Year 2024-2025

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
180
0
180
Year 12
186
0
186
Year 13
150
0
150
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
85.2%
85.5%
Further education
0.0%
38.2%
36.9%
School sixth form
97.0%
37.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
9.4%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
3.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
5.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
3.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
88.0%
53.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
66.0%
15.2%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
3.4%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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