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King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,153Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • SelectiveGrammar school
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136642URN

Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, CM1 3SX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.0per place
2.1 above Essex median (2.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in EssexSelective

740 applications for 149 places · 4th of 78 in Essex
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
83.0of 90
1st of 79 in Essex
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 9 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementExceptional
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExceptional
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 2 Exceptional, 5 Strong standard
  2. 8 December 2021
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
5.0applications per place, Year 7
2.1 above Essex median (2.8) 2.7 above England median (2.2)

740 applications · 149 places offered · 412 named it first

SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.

  1. 2026 5.0; Essex median median 2.8
  2. 2025 4.9; Essex median median 2.7
  3. 2024 4.1; Essex median median 2.8
  4. 2023 4.4; Essex median median 2.7
  5. 2022 4.2; Essex median median 2.7
  6. 2021 6.3; Essex median median 2.6
  7. 2020 4.0; Essex median median 2.8
  8. 2019 4.6; Essex median median 2.7
  9. 2018 4.1; Essex median median 2.6
  10. 2017 3.8; Essex median median 2.7
  11. 2016 3.9; Essex median median 2.6
  12. 2015 3.6; Essex median median 2.5
  13. 2014 3.9; Essex median median 2.6
More applications per place than the Essex median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Essex median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261497405.04122.77
Sep 20251507374.94112.74
Sep 20241496124.13392.28
Sep 20231506544.43612.41
Sep 20221496284.23522.36
Sep 20211529616.35723.76
Sep 20201506014.03262.17
Sep 20191506834.63822.55
Sep 20181506134.13272.18
Sep 20171505653.82911.94
Sep 20161505883.93212.14
Sep 20151495353.62771.86
Sep 20141194693.92662.24

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

151 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)83.01st of 79 in Essex
Grade 5 or above in English and maths99%1st of 79 in Essex
Grade 4 or above in English and maths99%
  • This school
  • Essex median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.11
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)15183.099%99%–
2024/2515083.3100%100%–
2023/2415083.799%99%+1.11
2022/2314981.599%100%+0.82

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136642 · 881/5411
Trust
King Edward Vi Grammar School, Chelmsford
Admissions policy
Selective
Capacity
1,142 pupils · 1,153 on roll
Free school meals
2.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2011
Replaced
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (URN 115327)
Address
Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, CM1 3SX
Local authority
Essex · Chelmsford

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources