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King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford

URN
136642
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
URN
136642
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Excellent

88 / 100

Excellent

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

100

Inspection

95

Admissions Value

73

Destinations

73

Stability & Context

75

School Compass rankings

Top 10% of secondary schools in England

Top 10% nationally

#4 of 74 schools in Essex

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Your decision briefing for King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
31 January 2022
Inspection date
8 December 2021
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Outstanding

    Graded 31 January 2022

  • Quality of education

    Outstanding

    Graded 31 January 2022

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

150

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

737

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

150

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

4.91×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Essex
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Essex)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.kegs.org.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Essex to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

83.3

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

100.0%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

100.0%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

98.7%

EBacc achievement

Location

CM1 3SX - Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex

Contact details

Address
Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex
Postcode
CM1 3SX
Phone
1245353510
Website
www.kegs.org.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Essex
Local authority code
881

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 1,198 schools in Essex.

Authority statistics

Total schools

1,198

Open schools

613

Closed schools

585

Primary schools

812

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 31 January 2022

  • Personal development

    Outstanding

    Graded 31 January 2022

  • Leadership and management

    Outstanding

    Graded 31 January 2022

  • Sixth form

    Outstanding

    Graded 31 January 2022

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    31 January 20228 December 2021S5 InspectionOutstandingView report for inspection published 31 January 2022
    • Outstanding

      Published
      31 January 2022
      Inspected
      8 December 2021
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    20.3%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 141

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    97.3%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    49.1

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.01

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    68.4%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    100.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    0.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    181

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary812 (67.9%)
    • Secondary181 (15.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other203 (17.0%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford0 mSecondaryClosed
    Maltese Road Primary School158 mPrimaryOpen
    The Chelmsford New Model Special School, Haywood Campus170 mNot applicableClosed
    Chelmsford County High School for Girls439 mSecondaryClosed
    Chelmsford County High School for Girls439 mSecondaryOpen
    Kings Road Primary School565 mPrimaryOpen
    Kings Road Primary School565 mPrimaryClosed
    Kings Road Junior School642 mPrimaryClosed
    Kings Road Infant School642 mPrimaryClosed
    High Trees662 mNot applicableOpen
    • King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Maltese Road Primary School
      Distance
      158 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • The Chelmsford New Model Special School, Haywood Campus
      Distance
      170 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Chelmsford County High School for Girls
      Distance
      439 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Essex)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Alderman Blaxill SchoolSecondaryCO2 9DQClosed
    Alec Hunter AcademySecondaryCM7 3NROpen
    Alec Hunter Humanities CollegeSecondaryCM7 3NRClosed
    Anglo European SchoolSecondaryCM4 0DJClosed
    Anglo European SchoolSecondaryCM4 0DJOpen
    • Alderman Blaxill School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      CO2 9DQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Alec Hunter Academy
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      CM7 3NR
      Status
      Open
    • Alec Hunter Humanities College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      CM7 3NR
      Status
      Closed
    • Anglo European School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      CM4 0DJ
      Status
      Closed
    • Anglo European School
  • Chelmsford County High School for Girls
    Distance
    439 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Kings Road Primary School
    Distance
    565 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Kings Road Primary School
    Distance
    565 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Kings Road Junior School
    Distance
    642 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Kings Road Infant School
    Distance
    642 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • High Trees
    Distance
    662 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    CM4 0DJ
    Status
    Open