Address — King Edward VI Grammar School, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 3SX
Type of school — Boys’ grammar school.
Headteacher — Tom Carter
Cost — Free.
Pupils in school — 1128
Places available in year 7 — 150
Average applicants per place — 7 or more.
Catchment area — King Edward VI Grammar School has a catchment area. The school has a priority catchment area which is defined by the area within a distance of 12.5 miles from the school. The child must have been living in this area since September of Year 6 to qualify.
120 spaces are given to candidates in the priority area.
30 are given to candidates out of the priority area.
You can find a map of the priority area here.
Oversubscription policy — Where qualifying applications for admission exceed the number of places available, places will be allocated in the following order of priority:
Priority area spaces:
Up to 8 out of the 120 ‘priority area’ places are available to the top performing boys in the selection test who fulfil all the following criteria:
At the time of test registration, are EITHER in receipt of the Pupil Premium payment OR are classified as ‘looked after’ children or ‘previously looked after’ children. In each case, this must be declared on the CSSE Supplementary Information Form when registering for the tests (evidence will be required).
Achieved a final standardised score of at least 340.
Further places will be offered in descending rank order of marks to the boys up until 120 places have been awarded to priority area applicants (this total includes any places awarded above).
Out of priority area:
Up to 2 out of these places are available to the top performing boys in the selection test who fulfil all the following criteria regardless of their location:
At the time of test registration, are EITHER in receipt of the Pupil Premium payment OR are classified as ‘looked after’ children or ‘previously looked after’ children. In each case, this must be declared on the CSSE Supplementary Information Form when registering for the tests (evidence will be required).
Achieved a final standardised score of at least 368.
The remaining places from the 30 will then be offered in descending rank order of marks to the boys scoring highest in the selection test.
