Moulsham High School

Term dates

This school sets its own term dates, which are different from Essex council's. See the school's own term dates.

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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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, 299 families put this school as their first choice, and 265 places were offered. 234 of the families who put it first got a place (78%). More families put it first than there were places.

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.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 28 January 2020. Overall: Good

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Outstanding

Short (ungraded) inspection, 23 October 2024: Improved significantly.

Read the Ofsted reports

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

1662 (capacity 1613)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

BRIDGE ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01245260101

Address

Brian Close, Chelmsford, CM2 9ES

Website

moulshamhigh.org

Official school record, including Ofsted reports