Secondary
Moulsham High School
Brian Close, Chelmsford, CM2 9ES
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1662 of 1613 places
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- BRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2024
Improved significantly
Still graded as at
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
January 2020
Previous framework
Good
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
GCSE results
66%
58.3
3rd 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 | 58.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.34 |
| Entered the EBacc | 56% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 66% |
| A level average points per entry | 37.03 |
| A level students | 164 |
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 | 63% |
| 22/23 | 61% |
| 23/24 | 63% |
| 24/25 | 66% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.8 |
| 22/23 | 36.9 |
| 23/24 | 35.9 |
| 24/25 | 37.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.55 |
| 22/23 | +0.49 |
| 23/24 | +0.67 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 55.7 |
| 22/23 | 55.0 |
| 23/24 | 56.4 |
| 24/25 | 58.3 |
Brian Close, Chelmsford, CM2 9ES
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
- Julia Mead
- Address
- Brian Close, Chelmsford, CM2 9ES
- Telephone
- 01245260101