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Admission to Year 7 September 2027

Chelmsford County High School for Girls is a selective, non-denominational girls’ school with Academy Status.

CCHS ENTRANCE TEST RESULTS

Results were issued by email on Monday 12th October 2026.

We request that should you have any queries regarding the results; you read the FAQ’s below.   If this does not answer your query, contact admissions@cchs.co.uk   Please do NOT telephone our school reception.  This will ensure that your query is dealt with correctly by a member of the admissions team.

The Board of Trustees has approved the Admissions Policy for 2027 entry.  The full policy is available to view below.

FAQ’s Admissions 2027 Entry
Admissions Policy for September 2027 Entry

Anyone wishing to name CCHS on their Common Application Form (CAF) must register to sit the Entrance Test at CCHS.   For a student to sit the Entrance Test, an online registration form via the school website must be completed.

Registration opened at 9am on Monday 13th April 2026 and closed at 4pm on Wednesday 3rd June 2026.

The CCHS Open Evening took place on Thursday 30th April.

Registration closed at 4pm on Wednesday 3rd June 2026.  Late registrations will not be accepted.

The CCHS Entrance Test took place on Thursday 3rd September 2026.

ABOUT THE FSCE ENTRANCE TEST FOR YEAR 7 ENTRY

At CCHS, we are committed to providing a fair and rigorous selection process for prospective students. As part of this commitment, we have adopted the Future Stories Community Enterprise Ltd (FSCE) Test as our Year 7 Entrance Test.

Why FSCE

SUPPORT FOR PUPIL PREMIUM FAMILIES

We are committed to ensuring that students from all backgrounds can access our admissions process.  If your daughter is eligible for Pupil Premium, please see our dedicated page explaining the support available.

HELPING EVERY GIRL SHINE: OUR PUPIL PREMIUM PLEDGE – Chelmsford County High School for Girls

HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE FSCE ENTRANCE TEST

We suggest you print the Familiarisation Guide and read it through carefully. The FSCE Test does not require specialist tutoring, and no specific preparation is necessary. No teacher, tutor or parent will have knowledge of the test that others lack. Instead, we encourage children to:

  • Work well at primary school, with maximum attendance and engagement in all areas of school life.
  • Develop strong reading habits by reading widely and deeply.
  • Practise the fluency of their maths and problem-solving skills through real life day to day examples.
  • Engage in imaginative and critical thinking discussions around the dinner table.
  • Focus on calmness and confidence rather than pressure and stress.
  • Trust that they already have the knowledge required to access the questions.
FSCE Familiarisation Guide – Information for Children

GUIDANCE FOR PARENTS

We are against any preparations that disrupts a child’s usual schooling or creates unnecessary anxiety. Surveys have shown that the word most commonly used by current children who received tutoring was ‘stressful’ – we desperately want to avoid this.

We also know that lots of tutors are expensive, of unreliable quality and over-teach unnecessary content.  Their claims about ‘exam success rates’ are often baseless too.

FSCE Familiarisation Guide – Information for Parents

WHAT IS THE TEST LIKE?

 It tests application and knowledge and skills from KS2 subjects taught up to and including the Year 5 programme of study.

Subjects tested may include any of the following – please refer to the relevant page in the Familiarisation Guide for Parents for more information on the subject.

If you have any queries regarding admission to our school, please email admissions@cchs.co.uk.

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