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5th March 2026

We are celebrating World Book Day today, with lots of books available in the John Moore Library for students to enjoy! Educators – World Book Day The John Moore Library – Chelmsford County High School for Girls

4th March 2026

Best of luck to our four Year 10 students who are attending the National Cipher Challenge prize-giving ceremony today. STEM & STEAM – Chelmsford County High School for Girls

2nd March 2026

The English Department is excited to launch this year’s Mary Kenyon Poetry Prize – a competition to find the best poems written by CCHS students. There are three competitions: one for Years 7-9, one for Years 10-11 and one for Years 12-13. This year’s prompt is ‘LIGHT’. Poems should be submitted by Wednesday 25th March.

2nd March 2026

This year, National Careers Week (NCW) runs from 2nd to 7th March, focusing on helping students explore career options and plan their future pathways by spotlighting exciting resources and online actives about career options. National Careers Week | National Careers Service. National Careers Week 2026 – Teaching Resources – BBC Teach Welcome – National Careers…

27th February 2026

Many congratulations to the students who were awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze in the Intermediate and Senior Physics challenges. Thank you to Mrs Kurian, the Physics Department, Miss Weyman, Mrs Hassan and Mrs Styles for all their support organising this fantastic opportunity for the students.

27th February 2026

Huge congratulations to our Year 11 students Vaishnavi, Karthika, Nathania, Sarrah, Riya, Snithika, Anshu, Ophelia and Ennette whose engineering projects have achieved the Silver CREST Award.  Congratulations to Aashrita in Year 12 who submitted her project Everguard for a Silver Award, but the assessor was so impressed with the high quality of her work that…

24th February 2026

All the best to our students in Year 7 and 8 who are competing in the Essex Cross Country Championships today. Sports – Chelmsford County High School for Girls

24th February 2026

Good luck to all the students taking part in the Year 9 House Basketball competition today and the Year 11 competition on Thursday! House System – Chelmsford County High School for Girls

24th February 2026

Many thanks to our wonderful new Senior Prefect team, who are delivering the whole-school assemblies this week.

12th February 2026

Our Year 12 students are holding their Model United Nations (MUN) Conference today. Model United Nations | United Nations The CCHS Institute – Chelmsford County High School for Girls