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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
Inspection history
- 23 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 28 January 2020Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry1,119 applications · 265 places offered · 299 named it first
- 2026 4.2; Essex median median 2.8
- 2025 4.3; Essex median median 2.7
- 2024 4.0; Essex median median 2.8
- 2023 3.9; Essex median median 2.7
- 2022 3.8; Essex median median 2.7
- 2021 3.5; Essex median median 2.6
- 2020 3.5; Essex median median 2.8
- 2019 3.8; Essex median median 2.7
- 2018 3.7; Essex median median 2.6
- 2017 3.7; Essex median median 2.7
- 2016 3.2; Essex median median 2.6
- 2015 3.5; Essex median median 2.5
- 2014 3.5; Essex median median 2.6
- This school
- Essex median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 265 | 1,119 | 4.2 | 299 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2025 | 265 | 1,134 | 4.3 | 285 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2024 | 268 | 1,061 | 4.0 | 255 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2023 | 266 | 1,040 | 3.9 | 294 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2022 | 270 | 1,031 | 3.8 | 303 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2021 | 268 | 943 | 3.5 | 246 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2020 | 270 | 951 | 3.5 | 278 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2019 | 263 | 1,005 | 3.8 | 326 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2018 | 265 | 968 | 3.7 | 259 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2017 | 242 | 902 | 3.7 | 240 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 | 243 | 788 | 3.2 | 199 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2015 | 251 | 874 | 3.5 | 239 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 | 248 | 857 | 3.5 | 235 | 0.95 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 256 | 54.8 | 61% | 77% | – |
| 2024/25 | 259 | 58.3 | 66% | 84% | – |
| 2023/24 | 253 | 56.4 | 63% | 82% | +0.67 |
| 2022/23 | 263 | 55.0 | 61% | 76% | +0.49 |
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
- Moulsham High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20244.2applications per place 54.8Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Essex20264.6applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · EssexSpecial measures 20260.6applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · Essex20265.0applications per place 83.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.8 km · EssexOutstanding20243.4applications per place 81.4Attainment 8 Selective
- 3.2 km · EssexRequires improvement20243.3applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · EssexRemains Good20233.6applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · EssexRemains Good20243.5applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · EssexOutstanding20239.2applications per place 59.3Attainment 8
- 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
- 136863 · 881/4480
- Trust
- Bridge Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,613 pupils · 1,662 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Replaced
- Moulsham High School and Humanities College (URN 115233)
- Address
- Brian Close, Chelmsford, CM2 9ES
- Local authority
- Essex · Chelmsford
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources