CCFChelmsford County High School for Girls 11+ admissions

• Chelmsford County High School for Girls entrance test

  School-specific assessment · Future Stories Community Enterprise Ltd (FSCE) · School-specific FSCE entrance test. Test papers are marked and age-standardised; Creativity is judged separately after the qualifying standard is met.

  The admissions committee sets an eligible score for the cohort; it is not a fixed published pass mark. Each test element has a minimum standard. Achieving an eligible score does not guarantee an offer. The 2027 policy applies priority categories, limited score concessions and a 12.5-mile priority-area allocation, with remaining places ranked regardless of address.

  Check the official test registration page

Eligibility

Girls of the appropriate Year 7 age must register for and sit the CCHS entrance test and apply through the coordinated admissions process. The policy describes CCHS's own entrance test and does not name its provider.

Score policy

All papers apart from Creativity are marked and age-standardised. The eligible score is determined each year from cohort performance; Appendix 1 describes the ranking as based on standardised Mathematics and English scores once a minimum Creativity standard is achieved. Looked-after or previously looked-after applicants may be considered up to five marks below the eligible score under the stated priority rule. An eligible score does not guarantee an offer.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Published radius: 12.5 miles from the local authority address point for Chelmsford County High School for Girls.

Priority-area offers require the permanent home address to have been within the area since 31 October 2026. This radius applies to the 144-place allocation, not all 180 places. Exact school address-point coordinates are not verified here; ask the admissions authority to confirm the address.

Ask the admissions authority to check your address against its exact reference point. School postcode coordinates cannot confirm this boundary.

Section 1.5 lists looked-after or previously looked-after applicants with a concession of up to five marks, then EHCP applicants with an eligible score. Of the next 144 places, up to 30 are for priority-area Pupil or Service Premium applicants with a concession of up to five marks; the rest require an eligible score and priority-area residence. Remaining places, up to 36, are ranked by score regardless of address. Area residence must date from 31 October 2026. The eligible score is set for the cohort, not a fixed published pass mark. Score ties use straight-line distance, then an independent drawing of lots.

For September 2027 entry. Policy checked 2026-10-01. A priority category does not guarantee an offer.

DfE preferences and offers at National Offer Day. A child can appear at several schools or through more than one recorded route at the same school. These figures describe past demand and do not predict an offer.

School identifiers are joined across documented predecessor links. Missing and suppressed values stay unpublished. Latest dataset: September 2026 entry. Checked 2026-10-24.

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1. 1. CCHS Entrance Test

   The determined policy says the test may assess any National Curriculum subject taught up to Year 5 and includes Creativity. All papers apart from Creativity are marked and age-standardised; candidates meeting the qualifying standard have their Creativity paper judged. An eligible score is set for each cohort. The policy says the test normally takes place early in the Autumn Term and names no exact sitting date or provider. The 2026 sitting and results dates are in the key dates on this page. Policy registration is 13 April to 3 June 2026, closing at 4pm on 3 June.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

3 June 2026

Test date

GIAS does not publish the current test dates.

Published CAF date

31 October 2026

National Offer Day

GIAS does not publish the current offer date.

Apply through the council where your child lives, even if this school is in another area. Check your home council's on-time application deadline before relying on the date shown here. Read the government's application guidance.

Shared assessment dates are in the 11+ dates calendar. To decide where this school goes on the application form, use the school application order planner.

Chelmsford County High School for Girls is a state-funded school, so there is no tuition fee for a Year 7 place. Uniform and optional activities can have separate costs. Check the Department for Education school record and the GOV.UK guide to state schools for the funding rule. The school can confirm current uniform and activity costs.

Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.

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1. Admissions Policy for Entry in 2027

   Chelmsford County High School for Girls. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

2. CCHS admission to Year 7 September 2027

   Chelmsford County High School for Girls. Accessed 1 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

3. CCHS determined admissions policy for entry in 2027

   Chelmsford County High School for Girls. Accessed 1 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

4. Open state-funded school fields CSV

   Department for Education. Accessed 21 October 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 20 October 2026.

5. Open state-funded school fields CSV, 24 October 2026

   Department for Education. Accessed 24 October 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 24 October 2026.

6. ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract

   Office for National Statistics. Accessed 21 October 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026; candidate-school postcodes queried 21 October 2026.

7. Admissions Policy for Entry in 2027

   Chelmsford County High School for Girls. Accessed 1 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

8. CCHS admission to Year 7 September 2027

   Chelmsford County High School for Girls. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

9. CCHS determined admissions policy for entry in 2027

   Chelmsford County High School for Girls. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

10. Secondary school places for September 2027 (Essex residents)

    Essex County Council. Accessed 24 October 2026. September 2027 entry.