GCSE Chemistry Tutor Chelmsford: 2026 Grades, School by School

Leading Tuition's GCSE Chemistry tutors in Chelmsford are expert one-to-one online teachers who plan the separate GCSE (9-1) Chemistry course around each pupil's own school. DfE's provisional summer 2026 table lists 12 Chelmsford-district schools with Chemistry grade counts: Chelmsford County High School for Girls has 178 entries beside 180 pupils at the end of key stage 4, and Moulsham High School has 82 entries beside 256.

Chelmsford is a city in Essex, which is DfE's local authority 881, so these schools are cut from Essex's 87-school Chemistry table by their GIAS district. Of the 13 schools that carry the district Chelmsford, 12 have grade counts.

How many pupils at each Chelmsford school are entered for separate GCSE Chemistry?

The table counts entries in the GCSE (9-1) full course in Chemistry in summer 2026, beside the number of pupils DfE records at the end of key stage 4. An entry is one pupil's result in one qualification, so the cohort sits next to every count and the two columns are never the same thing. DfE's figures are provisional.

Across the 12 schools DfE counts 898 Chemistry entries beside 2,300 pupils. The two largest entry counts, 178 at Chelmsford County High School for Girls and 150 at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, sit beside cohorts of 180 and 151. At the other end of the table, Moulsham High School has 82 entries beside 256 pupils, William de Ferrers School has 42 beside 234 and Hylands School has 23 beside 102.

Neighbouring schools in one town therefore put very different numbers of pupils into this qualification, and a tutor begins by asking which Chemistry course the pupil's own school has entered them for. The Sandon School has 49 entries beside 204 pupils and Chelmsford County High School for Girls has 178 beside 180: both teach the same GCSE, but the entries make up a very different proportion of the cohort.

What do these Chemistry rows count, and how is Combined Science different?

Each row is DfE's GCSE (9-1) full course in the subject Chemistry. That is the separate Chemistry GCSE. A pupil whose school enters them for Combined Science sits a different qualification, which DfE records in other rows, so those pupils are not part of the 898 entries above. The page's counts say how many pupils in each Chelmsford school were entered for the separate course in summer 2026; they do not describe any other science qualification.

Families weighing the two routes can read our guide to triple versus double science at GCSE, and pupils who are on the Combined Science course can see our GCSE Combined Science tuition page. Everything on this page concerns the separate GCSE Chemistry course, and our GCSE Chemistry tuition page covers the course content by exam board.

How are the 898 Chemistry entries spread across grades 9 to 1 in Chelmsford?

DfE publishes a count of entries at each grade from 9 to 1, plus U and X. A blank cell in DfE's rows is a real zero here: for every school the nine grades, U and X add up to DfE's total entries, so no school has been dropped for a missing cell. The table shows each count as DfE gives it.

Added together, the 12 schools hold 227 entries at grade 9, 184 at grade 8 and 126 at grade 7. Grade 6 has 155 entries, grade 5 has 119 and grade 4 has 55. Entries at grades 3, 2 and 1 total 29, and U accounts for 2 more entries. Those sums are our own addition of DfE's school-level counts, and one entry at New Hall School carries DfE's X marker. All twelve rows reconcile to the DfE total.

Which grade holds the largest count at each Chelmsford school?

The table adds DfE's grade rows from grade 4 upward and from grade 7 upward, and names the single grade with the largest count at each school. The sums are our own arithmetic on DfE's counts, not figures DfE publishes. The count at a grade is a number of entries, and the entry total sits beside it.

At Chelmsford County High School for Girls, the largest count is 85 entries at grade 9, and at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford it is 69 at grade 9. The Beaulieu Park School's largest count is also at grade 9, with 16 of its 49 entries. At Hylands School, New Hall School and The Boswells School the largest count is at grade 8, with 6, 25 and 11 entries. At Chelmer Valley High School, Great Baddow High School, Moulsham High School, St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford and The Sandon School it is at grade 6, with 7, 31, 15, 11 and 16 entries. At William de Ferrers School it is at grade 5, with 11 entries.

Those are the grades where a school's Chemistry entries gather. These are the grades where each school's entries gather. A pupil's own mock result still sets the target grade, and the school's row shows the range of results around it.

What does GIAS say about the schools where every Chemistry entry is at grade 4 or above?

Four of the 12 rows show every entry at grade 4 or above: Chelmsford County High School for Girls (178 of 178), King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (150 of 150), The Beaulieu Park School (49 of 49) and Hylands School (23 of 23). GIAS, the government's register of schools, records the admissions policy of Chelmsford County High School for Girls and of King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford as Selective. It records the first as a girls' school and the second as mixed.

GIAS records the admissions policy of Hylands School as Non-selective and leaves the admissions policy field of The Beaulieu Park School blank, so GIAS gives no admissions information for the second. Their Chemistry entries, 23 beside a cohort of 102 and 49 beside a cohort of 175, are fewer relative to cohort than the 178 beside 180 and 150 beside 151 at the two Selective schools. New Hall School has 69 of its 70 entries at grade 4 or above and one X; GIAS lists its type as Other independent school.

At the two Selective schools every entry is at grade 4 or above, so grade 4 does not separate one from the other, and the higher grades carry the comparison: 146 entries at grade 7 or above at Chelmsford County High School for Girls and 128 at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, with 85 and 69 at grade 9.

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What is the Chemistry row at each of the 12 Chelmsford schools?

Each paragraph gives one school's row as DfE publishes it for summer 2026, with the postcode, sex and type that GIAS records for the school.

Chelmer Valley High School (CM1 7ER; GIAS: Mixed, academy converter). DfE lists 31 Chemistry entries beside 192 pupils at the end of key stage 4. Grade 9 has 2 entries, grade 8 has 3, grade 7 has 4, grade 6 has 7, grade 5 has 6 and grade 4 has 6. Entries at grades 3 to 1 total 3. In all, 28 entries are at grade 4 or above and 9 at grade 7 or above.

Chelmsford County High School for Girls (CM1 1RW; GIAS: Girls, academy converter). DfE lists 178 Chemistry entries beside 180 pupils at the end of key stage 4. Grade 9 has 85 entries, grade 8 has 45, grade 7 has 16, grade 6 has 21, grade 5 has 11 and grade 4 has 0. DfE shows no entries at grades 3 to 1. In all, 178 entries are at grade 4 or above and 146 at grade 7 or above.

Great Baddow High School (CM2 9RZ; GIAS: Mixed, academy converter). DfE lists 126 Chemistry entries beside 251 pupils at the end of key stage 4. Grade 9 has 7 entries, grade 8 has 18, grade 7 has 17, grade 6 has 31, grade 5 has 28 and grade 4 has 22. Entries at grades 3 to 1 total 3. In all, 123 entries are at grade 4 or above and 42 at grade 7 or above.

Hylands School (CM1 3ET; GIAS: Mixed, academy converter). DfE lists 23 Chemistry entries beside 102 pupils at the end of key stage 4. Grade 9 has 1 entries, grade 8 has 6, grade 7 has 4, grade 6 has 4, grade 5 has 5 and grade 4 has 3. DfE shows no entries at grades 3 to 1. In all, 23 entries are at grade 4 or above and 11 at grade 7 or above.

King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford (CM1 3SX; GIAS: Mixed, academy converter). DfE lists 150 Chemistry entries beside 151 pupils at the end of key stage 4. Grade 9 has 69 entries, grade 8 has 39, grade 7 has 20, grade 6 has 15, grade 5 has 6 and grade 4 has 1. DfE shows no entries at grades 3 to 1. In all, 150 entries are at grade 4 or above and 128 at grade 7 or above.

Moulsham High School (CM2 9ES; GIAS: Mixed, academy converter). DfE lists 82 Chemistry entries beside 256 pupils at the end of key stage 4. Grade 9 has 14 entries, grade 8 has 9, grade 7 has 14, grade 6 has 15, grade 5 has 13 and grade 4 has 4. Entries at grades 3 to 1 total 12. One entry is recorded as U. In all, 69 entries are at grade 4 or above and 37 at grade 7 or above.

New Hall School (CM3 3HS; GIAS: Mixed, other independent school). DfE lists 70 Chemistry entries beside 132 pupils at the end of key stage 4. Grade 9 has 13 entries, grade 8 has 25, grade 7 has 14, grade 6 has 14, grade 5 has 3 and grade 4 has 0. DfE shows no entries at grades 3 to 1. One entry carries DfE's X marker. In all, 69 entries are at grade 4 or above and 52 at grade 7 or above.

St John Payne Catholic School, Chelmsford (CM1 4BS; GIAS: Mixed, voluntary aided school). DfE lists 47 Chemistry entries beside 184 pupils at the end of key stage 4. Grade 9 has 7 entries, grade 8 has 7, grade 7 has 7, grade 6 has 11, grade 5 has 8 and grade 4 has 6. Entries at grades 3 to 1 total 1. In all, 46 entries are at grade 4 or above and 21 at grade 7 or above.

The Beaulieu Park School (CM1 6DT; GIAS: Mixed, free school). DfE lists 49 Chemistry entries beside 175 pupils at the end of key stage 4. Grade 9 has 16 entries, grade 8 has 8, grade 7 has 11, grade 6 has 7, grade 5 has 7 and grade 4 has 0. DfE shows no entries at grades 3 to 1. In all, 49 entries are at grade 4 or above and 35 at grade 7 or above.

The Boswells School (CM1 6LY; GIAS: Mixed, academy converter). DfE lists 51 Chemistry entries beside 239 pupils at the end of key stage 4. Grade 9 has 8 entries, grade 8 has 11, grade 7 has 8, grade 6 has 9, grade 5 has 9 and grade 4 has 3. Entries at grades 3 to 1 total 3. In all, 48 entries are at grade 4 or above and 27 at grade 7 or above.

The Sandon School (CM2 7AQ; GIAS: Mixed, academy converter). DfE lists 49 Chemistry entries beside 204 pupils at the end of key stage 4. Grade 9 has 1 entries, grade 8 has 9, grade 7 has 7, grade 6 has 16, grade 5 has 12 and grade 4 has 3. Entries at grades 3 to 1 total 1. In all, 48 entries are at grade 4 or above and 17 at grade 7 or above.

William de Ferrers School (CM3 5JU; GIAS: Mixed, academy converter). DfE lists 42 Chemistry entries beside 234 pupils at the end of key stage 4. Grade 9 has 4 entries, grade 8 has 4, grade 7 has 4, grade 6 has 5, grade 5 has 11 and grade 4 has 7. Entries at grades 3 to 1 total 6. One entry is recorded as U. In all, 35 entries are at grade 4 or above and 12 at grade 7 or above.

What does one-to-one online GCSE Chemistry tuition look like for a Chelmsford pupil?

Sessions are one-to-one online with a shared whiteboard, and a programme begins with a short diagnostic in Chemistry against the pupil's own exam board. Our tutors then work through the pupil's own past papers, marking them against the real mark scheme, and review progress against the pupil's target grade at agreed intervals. Session notes go to parents after each lesson.

The exam board shapes the programme. Our AQA GCSE Chemistry tuition, Edexcel GCSE Chemistry tuition and OCR GCSE Chemistry tuition pages set out each specification. A programme for a pupil at William de Ferrers School or at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford starts from that pupil's own mock grade, not from the school's row, because a row such as 11 entries at grade 5 in the first or 69 at grade 9 in the second describes the cohort rather than the child.

Because the Chemistry rows count only the separate GCSE, a programme names which course a pupil is on before the first lesson. Pupils who are weighing a move from Combined Science to the separate course can raise it in the free consultation, and the tutor plans around whichever course the school has entered them for.

Other subjects for Chelmsford pupils are on the town pages for GCSE maths tutors in Chelmsford and GCSE English tutors in Chelmsford, and the Chelmsford tuition hub lists all of them. Pupils who continue to sixth form can look ahead to A-level Chemistry tuition.

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How the Chelmsford cut was made

DfE publishes these grades in its subject school level exam data, dataset version 2.0, part of the key stage 4 performance release for 2025/26 that DfE published on 15 October 2026 and last updated on 28 October 2026. DfE says the data in the release is provisional, and counts pupils at the end of key stage 4 in summer 2026.

The Essex table for GCSE (9-1) full course Chemistry lists 87 schools. Cut by the GIAS DistrictAdministrative field, 13 schools carry the district Chelmsford and 12 of them have grade counts. The thirteenth, Ramsden Hall Academy, has a postcode of CM11 1HN, in Ramsden Heath, and GIAS places it in Chelmsford district; DfE's rows for it hold 5 entries beside 18 pupils at the end of key stage 4. Two further-education colleges in GIAS's Chelmsford district, Chelmsford College and Writtle College, are outside this key stage 4 table. Entries are not pupils, so the cohort sits beside every count.

No Progress 8 figure sits beside these results: DfE will not publish progress measures for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 academic years because key stage 4 pupils in those years did not have key stage 2 assessments due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Every grade here is a count of entries, not a measure of how much a school added. The sources are DfE's key stage 4 performance release for 2025/26 and its subject school level exam data.

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