Chelmsford County High School provides outstanding education for the most able. It combines the strengths of an academic education, with a dynamic approach in response to the demands of our rapidly evolving global world.
We believe that our students have the potential to become ‘the leaders of tomorrow’. With us, they experience numerous opportunities to acquire knowledge, qualities and skills that will ensure their success as lifelong learners, who will have a significant impact on the future, in whichever field they choose.
Throughout their time at CCHS, our students are encouraged to take on leadership roles, develop their individual talents and contribute to the local and global community. They learn to take responsibility for themselves and others, become principled, reflective and articulate, whilst developing resilience and enjoying hard work, as well as fun activities and friendly competition. We have a broad curriculum, with a wide range of subjects at all levels which is particularly well suited to highly able students who have the ambition to continue their education in the most competitive universities in the UK and abroad.
GCSE Results – Summer 2025
Celebrating our amazing Year 11 students
We join in collective congratulations to our wonderful Year 11 students, our first 180 student cohort, who are celebrating their excellent GCSE results today, with thanks to CCHS staff, who worked so well to support and inspire this great year group. Students have demonstrated success and strength across the full curriculum through their GCSE studies:
- overall, 87% of grades are 9-7
- 70% of grades are 9-8
- 40% of grades are 9
- 9 subjects, covering the Arts, English, Humanities, Languages and STEM, have 90+% 9-7 grades
- 139 students achieved eight or more 9-7 grades, with 101 of these students achieving ten or more 9-7 grades
We are looking forward to beginning our work with returning and new students on their Sixth Form studies. Indeed, last week we celebrated the successes of our Year 13 students, who, as a result of their achievements in the CCHS Sixth Form, are going in numbers to study Medicine, Economics and Psychology. In addition, subjects such as Pure Sciences, Computing, Engineering and Law remain popular and we are delighted to see students opting to pursue their studies of Music and musical technology, of modern and classical languages, and of subjects as diverse as Paramedic Science, Optometry and Animation. Moreover, this year increasing numbers of students are intending to study in the dynamic fields of Data Science, Operational Research, Cyber Security and Informatics. We continue to see great interest in courses offered at the leading universities in London, Durham, Exeter, Warwick and many others, with 10% of our Year 13 cohort securing places to study at Cambridge and Oxford.
CCHS had its official opening ceremony on 1st May 1907; however, the first girls began their studies at the school in 1906. So, the 2025-26 academic year will mark the 120th anniversary of schooling at CCHS and the beginning of a girls’ education community in Chelmsford. The forthcoming academic year will be one to celebrate girls’ education and empowerment through CCHS, with a commemoration of the 120th anniversary of schooling at CCHS. We will use a series of school, national and international events to frame these important celebrations, including:
- International Day of the Girl (11th October) & the ICGS Student Leadership Symposium and the CCHS Leadership Conference, both taking place in October
- International Day of Education (24th January)
- International Women’s Day (8th March)
- CCHS Commemoration (May)
- Senior Prefect Afternoon (July)
Many congratulations to our amazing Year 11 students!
Sixth Form – Chelmsford County High School for Girls
CCHS Aspire: University and Employment – Chelmsford County High School for Girls
Mr Lawlor,
Headteacher.
A level results – Summer 2025
Celebrating our brilliant Year 13 students
Another Year 13 cohort of brilliant young women at Chelmsford County High School for Girls (CCHS) has achieved so much through their ability, industry and sorority this year. Today, we celebrate and congratulate our Year 13 students on their excellent A-level results – we are so proud of them all. Year 13 students have demonstrated strength and success across the entire curriculum through their A level studies:
- overall, 87% of grades are A*-B
- nearly two-thirds of grades are A*-A
- nearly a third of grades are A*
- 3 subjects, covering Languages, Sport and STEM, have 100% A*-A grades
- 7 subjects, covering the Arts, Languages, Social Sciences, Sport and STEM, have 100% A*-B grades
- 13 subjects, covering the Arts, Humanities, Languages, Social Sciences, Sport and STEM, have 90%+ A*-B grades
- 75 students (half the cohort) achieved 3 or more A*-A grades
The class of 2025 now head out into the world to begin their undergraduate studies, degree apprenticeships, gap years and other adventures. We continue to be inspired by the range of courses our students choose to read at a host of universities across the country and beyond. Students are going in numbers to study Medicine, Economics and Psychology – all of these courses are increasingly competitive, with Medicine having particularly challenging entry requirements. Subjects such as Pure Sciences, Computing, Engineering and Law continue to be popular with our leavers and we are delighted to see students opting to pursue their studies of Music and musical technology, of modern and classical languages and of subjects as diverse as Paramedic Science, Optometry and Animation. This year, increasing numbers of students are intending to study in the dynamic fields of Data Science, Operational Research, Cyber Security and Informatics. Students will be taking up places at a wide variety of universities as well as Degree Apprenticeships with leading companies.
We continue to see great interest in courses offered at the leading universities in London as well as Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, Exeter, Warwick and many others for which their excellent grades qualify them. We know our Year 13 students will enjoy their future studies and enrich the universities they attend and the organisations for which they work. We wish them all the very best as they write the next chapter in the story of CCHS Alumnae.
Indeed, the coming academic year marks the 110th anniversary of the first CCHS Alumna to graduate from university – Winifred Picking, first-class degree in Natural Sciences from Girton College, Cambridge, 1916 – which was a key moment for our then developing school community, and an occasion for us to remember now. So, the forthcoming year will be one to celebrate girls’ education and empowerment through CCHS, centred on a commemoration of the 110th anniversary of Winifred’s university graduation.
Alumnae – Chelmsford County High School for Girls
To CCHS staff and families: thank you for all your hard work, commitment, support and encouragement, which has empowered Year 13 students to achieve so wonderfully well.
Mr Lawlor,
Headteacher.
More information about our Sixth Form, the opportunities we offer and the achievements of our students, can be found on our website:
Sixth Form – Chelmsford County High School for Girls (cchs.co.uk)
