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4th July 2025

Today sixteen Year 12 students opted to sit the CCHS Elite Challenge, an examination-style piece of work combining elements of literature, art, technology, history, critical theory and more. Designed to offer an extremely high level of academic challenge, this optional exam is devised and run entirely in-house and, for the second year running, has proved…

4th July 2025

Our expedition to Mexico with Operation Wallacea departs this weekend. Our senior students, supported by Mr Moller, Mrs Buckley and Mrs Manning, will be working with Operation Wallacea colleagues on biological and conservation research management programmes. We are most grateful to the Turing Scheme, which has provided financial support for our expedition. All the very…

30th June 2025

We are looking forward to our Shakespeare Fest performances today and tomorrow. Thank you to Mr Carter and Year 9 students. English Literature – Chelmsford County High School for Girls English Language – Chelmsford County High School for Girls

30th June 2025

Our Year 10 trip to Normandy takes place this week. All the best to our students and thank you to the French Department and Miss Silva for all their work and support with this trip. French – Chelmsford County High School for Girls

27th June 2025

We enjoyed a wonderful Pride Fest celebration at lunchtime today, with live music, poetry, cakes and plenty of sunshine! A big thank you to Mr Hughes, Mr Rowell and our brilliant Change & Diversity Prefects. Change@CCHS – Chelmsford County High School for Girls

27th June 2025

We are looking forward to welcoming students (returning and new) to our Sixth Form Induction day today. Sixth Form – Chelmsford County High School for Girls

25th June 2025

We are looking forward to welcoming the girls who will be our new Year 7 cohort in September to their New Intake Taster Day today. Leaders of Tomorrow – Chelmsford County High School for Girls

24th June 2025

Huge congratulations to the CCHS Industrial Cadets who achieved wonderfully well at today’s celebration event, held at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. The Gold Team won both the ‘Best Project of the Year’ and the ‘People’s Choice Award’. The ‘Bloom Within’ Bronze Team won the ‘Project of the Year Award’, and the ‘Pulse…

24th June 2025

 Many congratulations to the 38 students across Years 7 to 11 who will have their submissions to the Young Writers Empowered Poetry Competition published in an anthology; and thank you to the English Department for all the support and inspiration provided to our students.  English Literature – Chelmsford County High School for Girls English Language…

23rd June 2025

Many thanks to Caroline Kenyon, Henry Kenyon and Mr Carter, who have judged the entries to this year’s Mary Kenyon Poetry Competition. This is the  seventh year this prestigious competition has been offered at CCHS, thanks to the generosity of Caroline Kenyon and Henry Kenyon, in memory of Mary Kenyon (CCHS Alumna), and the great…