King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Dec 8 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
136642
Address
Broomfield Road, CM1 3SX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1134 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
92.1%
Girls
7.9%
First language not English
10%
Free school meals (FSM)
1.3%
Persistent absence
4.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
2.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 32.4%
Indian 31.9%
African 6.5%
Other Asian 5.6%
Mixed 5.5%
Chinese 4%
Bangladeshi 3.8%
Other White 3.1%
Pakistani 2.8%
Unclassified 2.6%
Other 1.7%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.82
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 100%
Local authority average 37%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 81.5
Local authority average 45.3
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.13
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)61
FrenchAS level9
GermanAS level4
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
BiologyGCSE149
ChemistryGCSE149
ChineseGCSE7
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE96
Design & TechnologyGCSE38
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
149
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
339
2nd preference
127
3rd preference
66
From another Local Authority
236
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
140
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
27
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
150
150
0
Year 8
150
150
0
Year 9
150
150
0
Year 10
150
150
0
Year 11
150
150
0
Year 12
196
148
48
Year 13
188
146
42
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
86.5%
86.5%
Further education
0.0%
36.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
97.0%
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
1.0%
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
93.0%
57.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
80.0%
15.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
75.0%
13.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
11.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
2.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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