Academy · Essex
Hylands School
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Sixth form
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match Essex council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 27 families put this school as their first choice, and 171 places were offered. 27 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 171 | 27 | 100% |
| September 2025 | 151 | 36 | 100% |
| September 2024 | 169 | 38 | 100% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Mega Camps Chelmsford, holiday club. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 10 February 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
Special measures
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 7 June 2023. Overall: Requires improvement
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 614 (capacity 1100)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
- Phone
- 01245266766
- Address
- Chelmsford Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, CM1 3ET
- Website
- hylands-tkat.org
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.