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Great Baddow High School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,516Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136904URN

Duffield Road, Beehive Lane, Chelmsford, CM2 9RZ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.6per place
1.7 above Essex median (2.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in EssexSelective

1,119 applications for 245 places · 5th of 78 in Essex
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.3of 90
24th of 79 in Essex
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 24 March 2026Published 22 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected 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. 24 March 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 29 June 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
4.6applications per place, Year 7
1.7 above Essex median (2.8) 2.3 above England median (2.2)

1,119 applications · 245 places offered · 267 named it first

  1. 2026 4.6; Essex median median 2.8
  2. 2025 4.6; Essex median median 2.7
  3. 2024 4.4; Essex median median 2.8
  4. 2023 4.0; Essex median median 2.7
  5. 2022 3.8; Essex median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.4; Essex median median 2.6
  7. 2020 3.6; Essex median median 2.8
  8. 2019 3.8; Essex median median 2.7
  9. 2018 3.6; Essex median median 2.6
  10. 2017 3.7; Essex median median 2.7
  11. 2016 3.8; Essex median median 2.6
  12. 2015 4.1; Essex median median 2.5
  13. 2014 4.1; 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

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 20262451,1194.62671.09
Sep 20252401,1124.62971.24
Sep 20242471,0914.43611.46
Sep 20232439804.02400.99
Sep 20222489363.82460.99
Sep 20212488453.42330.94
Sep 20202478893.62501.01
Sep 20192388973.82200.92
Sep 20182458843.62240.91
Sep 20172639843.72310.88
Sep 20162459283.82300.94
Sep 20152309484.12341.02
Sep 20142369764.12140.91

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

251 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.324th of 79 in Essex
Grade 5 or above in English and maths40%49th of 79 in Essex
Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%
  • This school
  • Essex median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.03
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)25148.340%69%–
2024/2524950.056%78%–
2023/2425048.147%68%+0.03
2022/2324853.260%79%+0.22

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
136904 · 881/4390
Trust
Quantum Multi-Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,520 pupils · 1,516 on roll
Free school meals
16.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Great Baddow High School (URN 115223)
Address
Duffield Road, Beehive Lane, Chelmsford, CM2 9RZ
Local authority
Essex · Chelmsford

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