Secondary
William de Ferrers School
Trinity Square, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5JU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1237 of 2076 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE CHELMSFORD LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 76.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 89.8
- Pupils per adult
- 14.4
- Pupils
- 1,294
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
39%
19 points below the Chelmsford average (58% across 10 schools)
44.1
10.3 below the Chelmsford average (54.4 across 10 schools)
8th of 10 by our score, among the secondary schools in Chelmsford we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.57 |
| Entered the EBacc | 10% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% |
| A level average points per entry | 30.13 |
| A level students | 53 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38% |
| 22/23 | 27% |
| 23/24 | 39% |
| 24/25 | 39% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 31.8 |
| 22/23 | 27.2 |
| 23/24 | 26.2 |
| 24/25 | 30.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.79 |
| 22/23 | -0.66 |
| 23/24 | -0.41 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.5 |
| 22/23 | 38.7 |
| 23/24 | 41.2 |
| 24/25 | 44.1 |
Trinity Square, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5JU
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Essex admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- James Donaldson
- Address
- Trinity Square, South Woodham Ferrers, Chelmsford, CM3 5JU
- Telephone
- 01245326326