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ISM Musicians 2017

20th April 2017

We are delighted to receive the ISM/ISM Trust Silver Certificate in Music 2017 for GCSE Music last year.  Congratulations to our talented students.

Year 12 Senior Prefects attend WoF Annual Ambassadors’ Reception

18th April 2017

Eight Senior Prefects attended the Women of the Future Annual Ambassadors’ Reception, at Bloomberg in the City, they found the event inspirational, motivational, and developed their network key skills with successful women in a variety of careers. The event was organised by Pinky Lilani, Founder of WoF. March 2017

Author Saci Lloyd meets Year 7 students

2nd March 2017

Year 7 students were honoured to welcome author Saci Lloyd on World Book Day, 2nd March 2017. Saci has had a varied career, including working as a cartoonist, working in advertising, co-founding a film company and Head of Media at Newham Sixth Form College. Her first novels, The Carbon Diaries series were published in 2010…

Former student – Dr Melissa Uchida – 2016 recipient of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

6th February 2017

We congratulate former student, Dr Melissa Uchida (nee George) on being a recipient of the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for ‘the fundamental discovery and exploration of neutrino oscillations, revealing a new frontier beyond, and possibly far beyond, the standard model of particle physics’.

Grammar Schools – A toxic policy or will they benefit pupils?

20th January 2017

ITV News – Thursday 19th January 2017 A toxic policy or one that will benefit pupils? A headteacher from Cambridgeshire has described the government’s plan to open more grammar schools as a toxic policy that won’t help pupils from poorer backgrounds. Robert Campbell the Executive Principal of Impington Village College says instead, there needs to…

CCHS ranked Best-Performing School in Essex 2016

20th January 2017

Every Essex secondary school ranked based on GCSE result Chelmsford County High School for Girls was the best-performing school in Essex in 2016, as well as one of the best performers in England, based on its Attainment 8 performance, with an average score per pupil of 76.5. This is roughly equivalent to between an A…

In Memoriam: Mary Kenyon (1922-2017)

17th January 2017

Our school community is very sad to announce that one of its most highly respected ‘old girls’ passed away peacefully on Monday 9th January 2017.  We will miss her regular visits and contributions to the school. Our thoughts are with her family at this sad time.  

Sunday Times Top 250 State Schools 2016

15th December 2016

Congratulations to all our students and staff for their hard work that has led CCHS being placed 13th in the Sunday Times Parent Power survey.

Grammar Schools are the best in the region

1st December 2016

According to The Sunday Times, Parent Power Survey Grammar schools are the best in the region.   http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/local_news/14927085.Grammar_schools_are_best_in_the_region/