Secondary schools in Chelmsford
11 secondary schools in Chelmsford, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings. All-through schools, which take pupils from 4 to 18, are listed on both the primary and the secondary page for their town.
Chelmsford in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 11 schools in Chelmsford first 2,545 times for 2,207 places: 1.15 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Essex authority's 78 schools. 7 of the 11 had more first choices than places.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Chelmsford County High School for Girls
- King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
- The Beaulieu Park School
- Chelmer Valley High School
- Moulsham High School
- St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford
- The Boswells School
- Great Baddow High School
- The Sandon School
- William de Ferrers School
- Hylands School
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Browse by authority: Essex · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.