Chelmsford - Education

Education

John Dee, noted Elizabethan philosopher, magician and scientist and also responsible for the introduction to the first English translation of Euclid was educated at the Chantry School (later re-founded as the Grammar School) in the sixteenth century.

Chelmsford is also home to part of the Anglia Ruskin University (formerly called Anglia Polytechnic) and to the grammar schools of Chelmsford County High School and King Edward VI Grammar School, founded in 1551 by charter of King Edward VI on the site of an earlier educational foundation (although evidence suggests it could have been around as early as 1292).

A Catholic Secondary School in the area is St John Payne Catholic Comprehensive School. New Hall School, founded in 1642, is a private, Catholic boarding school which caters to pupils from the age of 3 right through to sixth form. The New Hall building, previously named Palace of Beaulieu, has a great history including that of Henry VIII.

Chelmsford College is the main provider of further education in the city. Established in the early 1960s, the college occupies three sites in the city. The main site on Moulsham Street dates from the 1960s and the Princes Road site is a late 1980s building. There are around 2200 full-time and 2,100 part-time students enrolled on a wide range of academic, vocational and occupational programmes. The College is rated as "GOOD" by OFSTED and holds the prestigious Investors in People (IiP) Champion status and is also an IiP Gold award holder.

Educational establishments in Chelmsford include:

  • Anglia Ruskin University
  • King Edward VI Grammar School, known locally as 'KEGS'
  • St John Payne Catholic Comprehensive School
  • Writtle College, an agricultural college
  • Great Baddow High School
  • Moulsham High School and humanities college
  • Hylands School Specialist Science and Sixth Form College
  • The Boswells School
  • Columbus School and College, a special needs school.
  • Chelmer Valley High School
  • New Hall School, established 1642.
  • Chelmsford County High School for Girls, consistently one of the top five schools in the UK for both GCSE and A-level results.
  • St Peters College, the former Rainsford High School, which closed in August 2011.
  • The Sandon School
  • Chelmsford College a college of further education

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