Overall Oxbridge
#739
10 ranked schools · +175 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
179
Offers
40
Offer rate22.4%
-0.0 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Granted a Royal Charter by King John in 1196, Chelmsford grew from a River Can crossing into the county town of Essex, today a city of around 110,000 people across north-east Essex. Radio was born here. Guglielmo Marconi established radio broadcasting in Chelmsford in the early twentieth century, and St Mary the Virgin Cathedral, raised to that status in 1914, remains the historic centrepiece of a compact Victorian core.
Moulsham, immediately south of the centre, is among the most sought-after pockets for primary catchments, while Boreham to the north-east has long drawn families competing for primary and secondary places. Greater Anglia trains link Chelmsford station to London Liverpool Street in around 35 minutes, and Great Baddow, Chancellor Park, and Writtle extend the residential belt to the south and west.
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Area Performance
Across 79 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.43/10, -0.01 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Chelmsford schools
Chelmsford vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Chelmsford schools
top 44% of 14,978
top 44% of 14,978
top 43% of 3,862
top 43% of 3,862
top 45% of 2,555
top 45% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
10 ranked schools · +175 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
179
Offers
40
Oxford
4 ranked schools · +23 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
61
Offers
8
Cambridge
10 ranked schools · +66 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
118
Offers
32
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