Short Description

A Co-education grammar school in Essex. In Essex 4% of children attend a grammar school. There are 748 children in years 7 to 11 and 369 sixth form children.

Religion denomination: None

FREE SCHOOL MEAL

The average FREE SCHOOL MEAL % in other Essex grammar schools is 2.6% while the average in a non-selective school in Essex is 15.8%. The 20% of the children educated at this school did not attend a state primary school. Most of these children will have attended a fee-paying ‘prep’ school. Some may have been home-schooled or taught abroad.The 16% of children in this school travel from outside the Local Authority Area.

Special Educational Needs

At King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford 1.6% of children recieve Special Educational Needs (SEN) support and 0.5% of children have an Education Health Care (EHC) plan. In an average non-selective school in Essex typically 10.2% of children have SEN support.

Looked-after children

In a typical grammar school there will be 2 looked-after or previously Looked-after children. In an average non-selective school there will be 11.

Who is responsible for school admissiosssns?

As an academy school, the school determines its own admissions.

Address:      Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3SX

Website:      http://www.kegs.org.uk

Telephone    01245353510