Academy converter · Secondary
Chelmsford · CM1 3SX · Essex
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
1.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 137072
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Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
614
Local authority
Essex
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Chelmsford, Essex, 614 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 45.2%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 137072
Location
- Address
- Chelmsford Road, Writtle
- Postcode
- CM1 3ET
- Town
- Chelmsford
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Essex
- District
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 614
- Boys / girls
- 324 / 290
- School capacity
- 1,100
- Capacity fill
- 614 / 1,100 (56%)
- Free school meals
- 45.2%
- FSM pupils
- 277
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- The Kemnal Academies Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Christopher White
- Telephone
- 01245266766
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Urgent improvement
Inspection date
2026-02-10
Category of concern
Special measures
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 32.6
- Progress 8
- -0.9
- English & maths grade 5+
- 25%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 40%
- EBacc entry
- 10%
- EBacc APS
- 2.8