Secondary
Hylands School
Chelmsford Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, CM1 3ET
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 614 of 1100 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
- Local authority
- Essex
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 61.9
- Pupils per adult
- 10.5
- Pupils
- 651
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 February 2026
- AchievementUrgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingUrgent improvement
- InclusionUrgent improvement
- Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
June 2023
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
December 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentRequires improvement
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
38%
20 points below the Chelmsford average (58% across 10 schools)
37.8
16.6 below the Chelmsford average (54.4 across 10 schools)
10th 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 | 37.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.16 |
| Entered the EBacc | 3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% |
| A level average points per entry | 31.43 |
| A level students | 7 |
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 | 19% |
| 22/23 | 25% |
| 23/24 | 25% |
| 24/25 | 38% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 27.9 |
| 22/23 | 17.6 |
| 23/24 | 26.6 |
| 24/25 | 31.4 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.92 |
| 22/23 | -0.89 |
| 23/24 | -0.86 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 36.1 |
| 22/23 | 35.0 |
| 23/24 | 32.6 |
| 24/25 | 37.8 |
Chelmsford Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, CM1 3ET
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
- Christopher White
- Address
- Chelmsford Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, CM1 3ET
- Telephone
- 01245266766