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 2026
Celebrating our amazing Year 11 students
We salute our amazing Year 11 students, who have prepared the way for their Sixth Form studies with magnificent GCSE results. As a school community, we share our heartfelt congratulations with each student; we are so proud of them all.
- Overall, 87% of grades are 9-7
- 71% of grades are 9-8
- 44% of grades are 9
- 6 subjects, covering the Arts, Humanities, Languages and STEM, have 90+% 9-7 grades
- 146 students achieved eight or more 9-7 grades; with 115 of these students achieving ten or more 9-7 grades and 53 of these students achieving ten 9-8 grades
- Cambridge OCR informed us that one of our students is a top performer nationally in GCSE Art, Craft and Design this summer
The journey and experiences of every student are particular and powerful. These inspiring individual stories of ambition and achievement at CCHS began 120 years ago, when the first girls started their studies at the then newly opened County High School. The success and dynamism of the CCHS Alumnae was exemplified in the Summer Term, with the guest speakers at our various prizegiving afternoons, when we welcomed back a corporate executive, a dentist, a doctor and a Royal Navy officer. These former students show what is possible for current students. Over the summer, the parent of a former student contacted me, noting that his daughter has just graduated from the University of Oxford:
This would not have been possible without the care, nurture and high quality teaching she was given by the team at CCHS during her formative years. She entered CCHS as a shy, small girl and emerged as a strong, independent woman – so thank you for the opportunities you gave her and the encouragement to push herself. We didn’t forget this whilst sitting through the graduation ceremony. She remains humble, inquisitive and resilient – all qualities embedded in her during her time at CCHS.
As our Year 11 students embark on their A-level studies, we know their inspiration will empower current and future students to achieve excellence. 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 2026
Celebrating our brilliant Year 13 students
The CCHS community sends a chorus of praise and congratulations to our brilliant Year 13 students, who have excelled. Their superb A-level results mirror all they have achieved throughout their time at CCHS; they are an inspiration to us all.
- 84% of grades are A*-B
- 58% of grades are A*-A
- Over a fifth of grades are A*
- 11 subjects, covering the Arts, Humanities, Languages, Social Sciences, STEM and the EPQ have 90%+ A*-B grades
- 84 students achieved 3 or more A*-A grades
- Cambridge OCR informed us that one of our students is the highest performer nationally in the A-level Religious Studies examination this summer
The class of 2026 will now proceed to undergraduate study, degree apprenticeships, gap years and other adventures, charting their individual pathways. And in years to come, we will marvel at their continued accomplishments, as we welcome them back to reunions, assemblies and talks.
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 Law – all of these courses are increasingly competitive, with Medicine having particularly challenging entry requirements. Subjects such as Politics, Computing, Engineering (and sub-disciplines such as Aerospace Engineering) and Psychology, as well as the pure sciences, continue to be popular with our leavers and we are delighted to see students opting to pursue their studies of Music, Art and associated disciplines, of modern and classical languages, and of subjects as diverse as Physiotherapy, Film and Sports Science. We are also seeing strong numbers intending to study Actuarial Science and Data Science and also increasing interest in Artificial Intelligence and its applications. 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, Nottingham and many others for which their excellent grades qualify them.
We wish our students all the very best as they write the next chapter in the story of the CCHS alumnae. Indeed, the place and power of the CCHS community was recently demonstrated by the appointment of Rachel Nolan (CCHS alumna) as the first female chief constable in Essex Police’s 186-year history. What a ringing endorsement of a girls’ school education, with all that it provides, including ambition, empowerment and achievement.
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)
