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Welcome to CCHSG
“Colchester County High School for Girls is an outstanding school that
continues to offer exceptionally high quality education.
It continues to strive for, and achieves, excellence in all that it does.” -
Inspiring Understanding
“Our students are truly active learners.
They have the freedom to explore knowledge and gain understanding,
to question, challenge and discover." -
Inspiring Personal Development
“Colchester County High School for Girls is a community of friendship and support, with
an important focus on the emotional wellbeing of everyone in our care.”
Inspiring Creativity
“Our school community has a wonderful atmosphere of creativity
and a great respect for the performing and visual arts as vehicles for the imagination.”
Inspiring Discovery
“Every girl at our school is encouraged to participate
in Physical Education and games in a spirit of fun, teamwork and personal achievement. ”
Inspiring Leadership
“Our girls have a strong sense of ownership and pride in their community,
reflected in their excellent behaviour and consideration for others.”
Inspiring Choices
“Confidence and self-esteem are the cornerstones of learning.
Our aim is to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum which both challenges the students academically,
whilst embedding a love of learning and allowing students to pursue their own independent interests.”
Inspiring Maturity
“As students progress through the school, they are frequently given more opportunities to assume positions of responsibility.
By the time they reach the Sixth Form, they are completely involved in the life of the school.”
Update 1 April 2020 - Please find updated guidance for parents and carers regarding closure of schools at this link.
Emotional Wellbeing
Emotional wellbeing and mental health are very important at this time.
Please find here a range of sources of information, advice and support which may be useful. (link to sources)
In addition your attention is drawn to the following webinar:
Webinar – Managing Wellbeing for You and Your Children
There is a free webinar that will take place on 1 April 19.30 - 20.30 for parents and staff; Managing you and your child’s wellbeing – being realistic and human (not super-human!).
This session will:
- Help you better understand what anxiety is
- Provide practical tools to help you and your children manage and minimise anxiety in these uncertain times and improve happiness and wellbeing
Professor Amanda Kirby will focus on remembering to be realistic, not superhuman! Although this is being led by the British Dyslexia Association it is actually for all parents of children of all ages.
To take part you can sign up here
Cyber security and email scams
Please be aware that there are a number of scams and fraudulent emails being sent at the present time.
Guidance can be found at https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/guidance/suspicious-email-actions
In particular there are a number of scams offering families advice, guidance and eligibility checking for Free School Meals but also request financial and banking details. We strongly advise families not to use any of these websites.
Any information families require can be provided by the school or, Essex County Council here or the Government website here
The School is now closed for students other than those of critical workers by prior arrangement.
All students should be undertaking on-line learning via Sharepoint.
Please see this link for further information regarding Coronavirus
Update 23 March 2020 - a letter from Clare Kershaw, Director of Education, Essex County Council: Corona Virus – an update on how schools are operating
Department for Education
We are continuing to keep you updated on the government’s response to COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Public Health England advises that the risk to individuals in the UK is moderate.
For more advice, daily updates and guidance for those who have travelled recently or are intending to travel:
Monday 6 - Friday 10 July 2020
For 11+ entrants and parents i.e. Year 5. Entry to Year 7 in Sept 2021.
We invite prospective students and parents/carers to find out more about CCHSG by visiting the school for a tour during our Open Week. Tours are led by our current Year 7 students.
Executive Principal’s Talk
Monday 22 June, 7pm
Mrs Gillian Marshall, our Executive Principal will give a presentation about the school for prospective students and their families.
Booking is required for both the tours and the talk. Please complete the online booking form here. The booking site will open on 20 April 2020.
Please note that due to the uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic there may be changes to the scheduling of these events.
Last year, we celebrated the best results in the history of the school; this has once again been repeated. We thank students, staff, governors and parents for all of the hard work and support on our journey.
There were 140 students taking GCSEs in 2019. The school was ranked the fourth state school in the country for GCSE performance in The Times.
Progress 8 Score (provisional) +1.01
Attainment 8 Score (provisional) 82.0
% 9 Grades 46%
% 9-8 Grades 74%
% 9-7 Grades 90%
% of students achieving a strong pass (5+) in English and Maths 100%
% students entered for the English Baccalaureate 86%
% achieving English Baccalaureate (from entries) 100%
% Achieving 5 GCSEs (Grades 9-5) 100%
17 students gained 9/9/9 in English Language, English Literature and Mathematics.
We are proud of all of our students and their efforts. Many congratulations to our Year 11 on such an outstanding set of results and the exciting opportunities that lie ahead.
We congratulate Year 13 on an outstanding set of results. The students have achieved the highest percentage of A* grades in the history of the school.
58% of all grades were A*/A
28% of all grades were A*
82% of all grades were A*/B
18 students achieved 4 A*/A grades, including EPQ and a further 17 achieved 3 A*/A grades.
Each year around a quarter of our Sixth Form students join us in Year 12 from other local secondary schools. Credit is due for the foundation they received at these schools which, in addition to the support at CCHSG, helped them to achieve excellent A level results.
Mrs Marshall said “We are extremely proud of the students and these outstanding results will form a stepping stone to future success. We thank them for the tremendous contribution that they have made to CCHSG and wish them every happiness in the future.”
We are pleased to have been recognised nationally for our excellent results in 2018, based on data from the Department for Education and Ofsted, analysed by the Schools, Students and Teachers network (SSAT).
CCHSG is delighted to announce that following the publication by the Department for Education of the figures for last year's GCSE results, according to the Telegraph ranking, CCHSG students performed the best nationally in 2018. The school shared this top slot with Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet. These figures are based on the percentage of pupils achieving five or more A*-C/9-4 grades, combined with the DfE's Progress 8 measure.
Please click on the link below for more details.
If a student makes the progress expected, the school’s Progress 8 score is 0.0. A score of 0.5 means pupils made, on average, half a grade more progress across their subjects than expected. CCHSG has a Progress 8 score of 1.22, which is particularly pleasing given that students join us already achieving at a high level.
We are extremely pleased for our students and truly grateful for the support provided by our staff, students, parents, carers and governors.
We are delighted that our partner school, The Gilberd School, has secured an Outstanding Ofsted judgement at their recent inspection.
Click here to read the full report.
CCHSG is one of only 16 grammar schools, across 12 counties in England to have been given a share of the Department for Education's £50m selective school expansion fund. The fund supports the expansion of selective schools that have plans to improve access for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.
We would like to thank everyone in the school and local community for their patience and support during our extended period of building work. The new Sixth Form Centre with its separate entrance atrium, ICT suite, lecture theatre and common room is now in use along with the new classroom bases, one of which is our Healthy Living studio. As the first stage of the Big Build draws to a close, from the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund we have been awarded funding to improve our swimming pool facilities – this project will include an extended 25m indoor swimming pool with changing rooms. We are also tremendously fortunate, through our own fundraising and the generous support of parents and the PTFA, to be able to provide an additional, and much needed multi-functional hall which will incorporate the new swimming pool. We are absolutely delighted that our students will be rewarded with first class facilities to match their outstanding achievements.
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The Governing Board of Colchester County High School for Girls is pleased to announce that, after an extensive consultation process, we will be forming a multi academy trust (MAT) the “Alpha Trust”, working with The Gilberd School. The Trust will also ultimately include the Trinity Free School to be built in North Colchester.
