- Grammar school for girls
- Essex and Southend (CSSE) 11+
Colchester County High School for Girls: 11+ entry
Norman Way, Colchester, Essex CO3 3US
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Can we apply, and what did it take?
For September 2027 entry
Opens a short explanationqualifying scoreThe score a child must reach to be considered for a grammar school place in that area. Reaching it is not an offer of a place: places then follow each school’s admission rules.
303or more
CSSE 11+ examination (English and Mathematics), 2027 entry
Checked, source: Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE), checkedYear 7 places
192
2027 entry, Published Admission Number ()Opens a short explanationPANPublished Admission NumberThe number of places a school offers in its first year group, for example Year 7. The admission authority sets it each year in the school’s admission policy.
Checked, source: Colchester County High School for Girls, checkedLowest score offered
332–333
2026 entry, outside 25-mile priority area, national offer day
Checked, source: Colchester County High School for Girls, checked
Your next deadlines
Next: School place applications close: Common Application Form ()Opens a short explanationCAFCommon Application FormThe form you use to apply for a secondary school place. You send it to your own council, even for schools in another area, and you list the schools you want in order of preference. In England it closes on 31 October.
in 11 days
Coming up: Appeal deadline
in 25 weeks
Can we get in?
How far offers reached
Each bar shows how far from Colchester County High School for Girls the last child offered a place lived, under the last admission rule the offers reached. Up to five years, on one scale.
Qualifying is not the same as being offered a place.
A score of 303 or more in the CSSE 11+ examination (English and Mathematics) means your child can be considered. If more children qualify than there are places, the school gives places using its admission rules, in order. The figures below show how far those rules reached in past years. They are history, not a prediction: they change every year with who applies.
Lowest score offered a place
Scores are on the aggregate score scale.
Final
- 2024 entry
Final, after the waiting list: between 326 and 327.
- 2023 entry
Final, after the waiting list: between 326 and 327.
In-area and order of merit list
- 2025 entry
Final, after the waiting list: between 318 and 319.
No priority area (single figure)
- 2024 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was between 329 and 330.
- 2023 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was between 333 and 334.
- 2022 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 328.
- 2021 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was 332.
Outside 25-mile priority area
- 2026 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was between 332 and 333.
Outside 25-mile priority area (remaining 38 places)
- 2025 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was between 332 and 333.
Within 25-mile priority area
- 2026 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was between 326 and 327.
- 2025 entryOffer day
On National Offer Day, the lowest score offered a place was between 321 and 322.
Source: Colchester County High School for Girls, checked
Applications and offers, September 2026 entry (Department for Education)
How many families applied to Colchester County High School for Girls and how many places it offered. Applicants per place is all applications divided by offers. Families apply to several schools and not every applicant qualifies, so it is not the chance of a place.
| Figure | Department for Education |
|---|---|
| First-preference applications | 322First-preference applications, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000006,East of England,881,E10000012,Essex,Secondary,8815454,z,6,Colchester County High School for Girls,190,190,165,21,2,744,322,195,111,1.9515151515151514,1.694736842105263,265,60,Academy converter,No religious character,2.7,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001176,Colchester,137515,7View the official source |
| All applications (any preference) | 744All applications (any preference), 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000006,East of England,881,E10000012,Essex,Secondary,8815454,z,6,Colchester County High School for Girls,190,190,165,21,2,744,322,195,111,1.9515151515151514,1.694736842105263,265,60,Academy converter,No religious character,2.7,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001176,Colchester,137515,7View the official source |
| Places offered on National Offer Day | 190Places offered on National Offer Day, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000006,East of England,881,E10000012,Essex,Secondary,8815454,z,6,Colchester County High School for Girls,190,190,165,21,2,744,322,195,111,1.9515151515151514,1.694736842105263,265,60,Academy converter,No religious character,2.7,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001176,Colchester,137515,7View the official source |
| Applicants per place | 3.9Applicants per place, 2026 entryChecked 16 Oct 2026 against Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics).The source says: 202627,Academic year,School,E92000001,England,E12000006,East of England,881,E10000012,Essex,Secondary,8815454,z,6,Colchester County High School for Girls,190,190,165,21,2,744,322,195,111,1.9515151515151514,1.694736842105263,265,60,Academy converter,No religious character,2.7,Selective,Urban: Nearer to a major town or city,No,E14001176,Colchester,137515,7View the official source |
Source: Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics), checked
About these figures
CCHSG publishes the score of the last girl offered a place, and it gives each figure as a narrow range rather than a single score. It also reports how low the list reached by September, after girls who turned places down were replaced from the waiting list. All of this is past data: the score needed moves every year.
The figures for 2021 and 2022 come from CSSE's historical guidance sheets; later years come from the school's own offer-day notice and FAQ. For the 2025 priority-area figure, those two school documents give different ranges and even date that Offer Day differently, so we have left it as awaiting confirmation until we can check it.
The priority area is recent. Before 2025 entry CCHSG ranked every girl on one list, wherever she lived. Since then, girls from outside the area have competed only for the any-address block, and on recent Offer Days the last girl admitted from that block scored higher than the last girl admitted from inside the area.
How many apply: for 2025 entry the school counted 726Colchester County High School for Girls 2025 entry: ApplicationsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says: There were 726 applicants in 2024 for entry in September 2025.
View the official source applicants, and 626Colchester County High School for Girls 2025 entry: SatChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says: 626 candidates were tested at CCHSG in September 2024 for September 2025 entry, some candidates may have taken the test at other CSSE schools.
View the official source girls sat the test at the CCHSG centre (some applicants sit at other CSSE schools). For 2026 entry, 666Colchester County High School for Girls 2026 entry: RegisteredChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says: How many candidates sat the entrance test for CCHSG for entry in September 2026? A total of 666 candidates applied to sit the 11+ test at CCHSG
View the official source applied to sit at CCHSG.
At a glance
Colchester County High School for Girls in brief
tap a value for its source
- Pupils
- girlsPupilsChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
A Selective Girls’ Grammar School with Academy Status
View the official source - Who the school admits.
- School type
- academySchool typeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
A Selective Girls’ Grammar School with Academy Status
View the official source - How the school is run and funded.
- Year 7 places
- 192Year 7 placesChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
The number intended to admit into Year 7 in September 2027 is 192
View the official source2027 entry - The (PAN): how many children the school plans to admit.
- Entrance test
- CSSE 11+ examination (English and Mathematics)
- The test children sit to be considered. Written by the CSSE's own 11+ examination.
- Opens a short explanationcatchmentAn area, set by a school or a council, where children get higher priority for a place. Living inside it is not an offer of a place. Not every school has a catchment.
- A mapped area (see the admission rules)
- Where children get priority. Living inside it does not by itself mean a place.
- Supplementary Information Form (SIF)
- Yes, for this school
- An extra form some schools ask for. It goes to the school, not the council.
Key dates
Dates for September 2027 entry
For children in Year 6 in 2026/27.
Southend-on-Sea City Council
4 earlier steps, all doneShow
Done: School place applications open (CAF)
Done: Test registration opens
Source: Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE), checkedDone: Test registration closes
Source: Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE), checkedDone: Test day
Next: School place applications close (CAF)
in 11 days
Coming up: Results
Expected
Coming up: Home address date: the address used for school places
Coming up: National Offer Day
Coming up: Appeal deadline
in 25 weeks
Year 5 now? Dates for September 2028 entryNone of these dates are published yet.
Not published yet: Test registration opens
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test registration closes
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Test day
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: Results
Not yet published, checked 9 Oct 2026
Not published yet: School place applications close: Common Application Form (CAF)
Not yet published
Not published yet: National Offer Day
Not yet published
Notes on these dates
- Who could sit for 2027 entry: girls born between 1 September 2015 and 31 August 2016Essex and Southend (CSSE) 2027 entry: Birth date rangeChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE).The source says:
date of birth should fall between 1st ... September 2015 and 31st August 2016.
View the official source - Registering for 2028 entry: Register for the test via the CSSE website (opens for a limited period in May/June); test in September 2027.Colchester County High School for Girls: Registration route (2028)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
The 11+ test for admission in September 2028 will take place in September 2027. CCHSG is part of the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex www.csse.org.uk Registration for the test is via the CSSE website for schools within the CSSE and opens for a limited period in May/June.
View the official source - When CSSE will confirm 2028 dates: Important dates to be published by Easter 2027Essex and Southend (CSSE) 2028 entry: Dates published byChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE).The source says:
CSSE EXAMINATION – 2028 ENTRY Registration will open next year. Important dates will be published by Easter 2027.
View the official source
How places are given
5 admission rules, in order, for 2027 entry
If more children qualify than there are places, Colchester County High School for Girls gives places using these rules (its Opens a short explanationoversubscription criteriaThe rules a school uses, in order, to decide who gets a place when more children apply than there are places. For example: children in care first, then brothers and sisters of pupils, then distance from home.), in this order (2027 entry).
- 1
Looked after / previously looked after girls scoring 320+ (after Education, Health and Care Plan ()Opens a short explanationEHCPEducation, Health and Care PlanA legal document, written by the council, for a child who needs more support than a school can usually give. If a plan names a school, that school must admit the child. girls naming CCHSG who score 320+)
The policy's own words
Looked After Children (LAC) or Previously Looked After Children (PLAC) who ... achieve a test score 320 or above.
- 2
Up to 20 places for the highest-scoring pupil-premium (free school meals (FSM) now or in last 6 years) girls scoring 320+
The policy's own words
Up to 20 places will be available to the highest scoring applicants who are eligible for the pupil premium ... who achieve a test score of 320 or more.
- 3
Up to 10 places for the highest-scoring Service Pupil Premium girls scoring 320+ who live in the 25-mile priority area
The policy's own words
Up to 10 places will be available to the highest scoring applicants who are eligible for ... the Service Pupil Premium (SPP) who achieve a score of 320 or above and live at a
- 4
Girls living in the priority area, in score order, until 154 places (including EHCP and criteria 1-3) are filled
The policy's own words
Places will then be allocated in descending score order from the Rank Order of Merit List, highest scoring first, for girls who permanently live within the priority area as ... defined below until 154 places have been allocated
- 5
Remaining 38 places in score order regardless of address
The policy's own words
The remaining 38 places will then be allocated in descending score order from the Rank Order of Merit List, highest scoring first, regardless of where the girls live.
Source: Colchester County High School for Girls, checked
- Who qualifies
- Girls entered for the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex ()Opens a short explanationCSSEConsortium of Selective Schools in EssexThe group of Essex and Southend schools that share one 11+ test: an English paper and a maths paper, each worth half of the marks. Results are given as a total standardised score. test, of the appropriate age, who attain the required standard; a score of 320+ is required for the EHCP, looked-after children (LAC)/previously looked-after children (PLAC), pupil premium and Service Pupil Premium priorities.Source: Colchester County High School for Girls, checked
- Catchment
- Priority area: 25 miles from the school in a straight line. 154 of 192 places (including EHCP and criteria 1-3) go to girls living in it; the last 38 go to girls regardless of address.Source: Colchester County High School for Girls, checked
- If two children are level for the last place
- Equal aggregated scores for the last place(s): a pupil-premium girl not already offered a place first, then the girl living closest by straight line.Source: Colchester County High School for Girls, checked
- Brothers and sisters
- No priority for brothers and sisters.Source: Colchester County High School for Girls, checked
- Pupil premium
- Up to 20 places for the highest-scoring girls eligible for the pupil premium (FSM by household income now or in the previous 6 years) who score 320+; this criterion has no priority-area condition (unlike SPP criterion 3). The CCHSG additional form must reach the school by 31 Oct 2026.Source: Colchester County High School for Girls, checked
- Supplementary form
- All candidates register with CSSE (the policy calls this registration form the SIF). Candidates claiming FSM / pupil-premium or Service Pupil Premium priority must also complete the CCHSG additional form, returned to CCHSG by 31 Oct 2026; the school verifies with the primary school.Source: Colchester County High School for Girls, checked
- Waiting list
- Order of Merit Lists held by the local authority (LA) until the end of the first week of autumn term 2027, then by the school until 31 Dec 2027; withdrawals are filled from the lists within each category limit; after that the in-year policy applies.Source: Colchester County High School for Girls, checked
- Address used
- The address you live at on Saturday 31 October 2026 is the one that counts.Source: Colchester County High School for Girls, checked
The admission rules for September 2028 entry are not published yet. We check the school's website and add them when they appear.
More detail from our guide
2027 entry. The admission policy for September 2027 is determinedColchester County High School for Girls: Document status (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says: APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY | February 2026
View the official source (approved by the governing body in February 2026Colchester County High School for Girls: Determined date (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says: APPROVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY | February 2026
View the official source).
When more girls apply than there are places, CCHSG fills them in this order: (1) Looked after / previously looked after girls scoring 320+ (after EHCP girls naming CCHSG who score 320+). (2) Up to 20 places for the highest-scoring pupil-premium (FSM now or in last 6 years) girls scoring 320+. (3) Up to 10 places for the highest-scoring Service Pupil Premium girls scoring 320+ who live in the 25-mile priority area. (4) Girls living in the priority area, in score order, until 154 places (including EHCP and criteria 1-3) are filled. (5) Remaining 38 places in score order regardless of address.Colchester County High School for Girls: Oversubscription criteria (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says: If the school is oversubscribed after the admission of children with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) which names Colchester County High School for Girls on the EHCP who score 320 or above admission will be given to those children who meet the criteria set out below in order:
View the official source
In plain terms: girls with an EHCP naming the school, looked-after girls, and girls on pupil premium or service premium are considered first, but only if they reach the higher priority-group score (service premium girls must also live in the priority area). Next, places go strictly by rank to girls who live in the priority area until that block is full. The final block goes strictly by rank to any girl, wherever she lives. Having a sister at the school makes no difference.
- How the area works: Priority area: 25 miles from the school in a straight line. 154 of 192 places (including EHCP and criteria 1-3) go to girls living in it; the last 38 go to girls regardless of address.Colchester County High School for Girls: Catchment description (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
The priority area for CCHSG is defined as 25 miles from the school, in a straight line.
View the official source - Which home counts: Permanent home address = where student and a parent spend the majority of the school week (Sunday-Thursday nights); proof of address and unannounced home visits possible; informal lettings scrutinised.Colchester County High School for Girls: Admissions 2027 priority area residenceChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
A permanent home address is defined as a residence in which the student and a parent spends the majority of the school week (Sunday to Thursday nights inclusive).
View the official source - How distance is measured: straight line from home address point to school address pointColchester County High School for Girls: Distance rule (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
All straight line distances, are calculated electronically by the Local Authority using data provided jointly by the Post Office and Ordnance Survey. ... Distances are reported in miles to three decimal places in the first instance.
View the official source - Pupil premium: Up to 20 places for the highest-scoring girls eligible for the pupil premium (FSM by household income now or in the previous 6 years) who score 320+; this criterion has no priority-area condition (unlike SPP criterion 3). The CCHSG additional form must reach the school by 31 Oct 2026.Colchester County High School for Girls: Pp priority (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
Up to 20 places will be available to the highest scoring applicants who are eligible for the pupil premium ... who achieve a test score of 320 or more.
View the official source - Service families: Up to 10 places (criterion 3) for Service Pupil Premium girls scoring 320+ who live in the 25-mile priority area; Armed Forces / Crown Servant families with an official relocation letter by 31 Oct 2026 are deemed resident in the priority area.Colchester County High School for Girls: Service children priority (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
Up to 10 places will be available to the highest scoring applicants who are eligible for ... the Service Pupil Premium (SPP) who achieve a score of 320 or above and live at a
View the official source - Forms: All candidates register with CSSE (the policy calls this registration form the SIF). Candidates claiming FSM / pupil-premium or Service Pupil Premium priority must also complete the CCHSG additional form, returned to CCHSG by 31 Oct 2026; the school verifies with the primary school.Colchester County High School for Girls: Supplementary form (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
An additional form for those candidates in receipt of free school meals by virtue of their ... receives the pupil premium or receive the Service Pupil Premium (SPP) must be completed and returned to Colchester County High School for Girls by 31 October 2026.
View the official source - Tie-break: Equal aggregated scores for the last place(s): a pupil-premium girl not already offered a place first, then the girl living closest by straight line.Colchester County High School for Girls: Tie break (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
Where there are a number of students with equal aggregated test scores competing for the last available place(s), preference will first be given to the girl eligible for the pupil premium if they have not already been offered a place, followed by the girl living closest to the school by straight line measurement.
View the official source - Waiting list: Order of Merit Lists held by the LA until the end of the first week of autumn term 2027, then by the school until 31 Dec 2027; withdrawals are filled from the lists within each category limit; after that the in-year policy applies.Colchester County High School for Girls: Waiting list (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
The Order of Merit Lists for entry of the academic year 2027-2028 will be kept by the Local Authority (LA) until the end of the first week of the autumn term 2027 and thereafter by the school until 31 December 2027.
View the official source - Moving into the area late: Late movers may sit a later CSSE test and join the regardless-of-address rank list; if offers up to the PAN have already been made and a place becomes available, it is offered (through the local authority) to the late applicant if her qualifying score is higher than the next girl on the rank orderColchester County High School for Girls: Late moversChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
Applicants, whose move to the area could not be foreseen in time to meet application deadlines, will be permitted to take a test at a later date decided by CSSE. The applicant will be placed in the Rank Order of Merit List containing candidates regardless of where the girls live
View the official source
A word on the extra form. The school's Year 7 web page and its policy describe who should fill in CCHSG's own form slightly differently, and CSSE's pages do not agree on which schools want CSSE's separate pupil premium form. We are checking both points. If your daughter may be eligible, contact the admissions team before Saturday 31 October 2026Essex and Southend (CSSE) 2027 entry: Pp form deadlineChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE).The source says: 31st October 2026 Deadline for sending the completed Pupil Premium forms to the CSSE schools you have named on your Local Authority Common Application Form.
View the official source so nothing is missed.
2028 entry: the policy for September 2028 is Colchester County High School for Girls: Document status (2028)Not yet published by Colchester County High School for Girls; last checked 9 Oct 2026.The source says: A1 School Admissions Policy 2026/27 A1 School Admissions Policy 2025/26 Fair Access and Partnership Plan Statement A1 School Admissions Policy 2027/28 SIF Admissions CCHSG 2027/28
View the official source. We will update this section when CCHSG publishes it.
The test
CSSE 11+ examination (English and Mathematics)
- Test
- CSSE 11+ examination (English and Mathematics)
- Written by
- the CSSE's own 11+ examination
- Test date, 2027 entry
- Saturday 19 September 2026
- How the parts count
- English and Mathematics weighted equally (1:1)
CCHSG does not write its own entrance paper. Girls take the Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE) test in September of Year 6, and that single score is used by every CSSE school a family names. For 2027 entry the main sitting was on Saturday 19 September 2026Essex and Southend (CSSE) 2027 entry: Test dateChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Southend-on-Sea City Council.The source says: 19 September | 11 plus selection test to be taken by those pupils whose parents have registered for ... 2026 | them to take the test with the CSSE.
View the official source.
- Marking: Tests set by the Consortium; marked by staff employed by the selective schools; marks aggregated and standardised; rank order of merit created.Colchester County High School for Girls: Test markingChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
The tests will be marked by staff employed by the selective schools and the marks from the two tests will be aggregated and mathematically standardised for each candidate.
View the official source - How the score is used: English (50%) and Mathematics (50%) marks are aggregated and standardised into one rank order of merit; places are then allocated by the criteria in descending score order.Colchester County High School for Girls: Score useChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
The selection process is by two tests, in English (50%) and Mathematics (50%) ... the marks from the two tests will be aggregated and mathematically standardised for each candidate. A rank order of merit of all candidates seeking a selective place will be created
View the official source - Where girls sit it: Normally at CCHSG or another local site; CSSE offers an alternative centre if capacity reached.Colchester County High School for Girls: Test venueChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
Normally applicants for Colchester County High School for Girls will take the test at the school or other local site which the school may use.
View the official source - Re-marks: No re-marking of test papersEssex and Southend (CSSE): RemarkingChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE).The source says:
The CSSE schools have a joint policy to not re-mark test papers.
View the official source
Across the consortium, no offer is made to a child whose total standardised score is under 303Essex and Southend (CSSE): Qualifying scoreChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE).The source says: CSSE secondary school offers are not made to any child who has scored under a total standardised score of 303.
View the official source. CCHSG's own policy prints no separate general minimum for its main rank order. It does set a higher bar, 320Colchester County High School for Girls: Admissions 2027 priority group min scoreChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says: Looked After Children (LAC) or Previously Looked After Children (PLAC) who ... achieve a test score 320 or above.
View the official source, for the girls who get priority ahead of that rank order (see the admission rules below). Our CSSE 11+ guide explains how the papers are scored.
Open days
Not published yet
CCHSG's usual pattern is a Year 5 information evening each June. We found no autumn open event for 2027 entry on its website; the open evening currently advertised on the home page is for the sixth form. The school's prospectus and a virtual tour are on its website, and the admissions team can answer questions in the meantime.
If you are refused a place
Reviews, appeals and the waiting list
General information, not legal advice.
- How appeals work
- Independent Appeals Panel through Essex County Council: online appeal via www.essex.gov.uk/admissions or write to the Clerk to the Independent Appeals Panel, PO Box 11, Chelmsford CM1 1LX.Source: Colchester County High School for Girls, checked
General information, not legal advice.
Offers come from your home council on National Offer Day (Monday 1 March 2027Essex and Southend (CSSE) 2027 entry: National Offer DayChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Southend-on-Sea City Council.The source says: National Offer Day, when all that have applied receive the outcome for their application is 1 March 2027.
View the official source). If CCHSG cannot offer your daughter a place, you can appeal to an independent panel.
- How to appeal: Independent Appeals Panel through Essex County Council: online appeal via www.essex.gov.uk/admissions or write to the Clerk to the Independent Appeals Panel, PO Box 11, Chelmsford CM1 1LX.Colchester County High School for Girls: Appeals route (2027)Checked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says:
To make an appeal, parents/carers should see the Essex LA website www.essex.gov.uk/admissions and submit an online appeal or write to the Clerk to the Independent Appeals Panel, PO Box 11, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1 LX, who will send the relevant documentation.
View the official source - Deadline to lodge an appeal (Essex): Tuesday 13 April 2027Essex and Southend (CSSE): Essex lodging deadlineChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Essex County Council.The source says:
13 April 2027 Deadline for lodging appeals to be heard before summer holidays.
View the official source - When appeals are heard: Main-round appeals heard within 40 school days of the deadline for lodging appeals.Essex and Southend (CSSE): TimescaleChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Southend-on-Sea City Council.The source says:
main round appeals (to start R, yr 3 and yr7): 40 school days from the deadline for lodging appeals
View the official source - Evidence of ability: For grammar/selective places parents may use school reports as evidence of academic ability; no primary-school letter needed.Essex and Southend (CSSE): Selective evidenceChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Southend-on-Sea City Council.The source says:
If you are appealing for a grammar or selective place you can use school reports for evidence of academic ability.
View the official source
CSSE makes no allowance for illness or upset on test day; those circumstances are for the appeal panel to weigh. For 2025 entry, 3Colchester County High School for Girls 2025 entry: Appeals heardChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says: There were 3 appeals heard in 2025 for September 2025 entry, none of which were successful.
View the official source appeals were heard for CCHSG and 0Colchester County High School for Girls 2025 entry: Appeals upheldChecked 9 Oct 2026 against Colchester County High School for Girls.The source says: There were 3 appeals heard in 2025 for September 2025 entry, none of which were successful.
View the official source were upheld, so it is sensible to name another school you would be happy with. Our CSSE guide covers the appeal timetable for Essex and Southend.
Official documents and sources
7 sources, each kept as an archived copy
- Colchester County High School for Girls
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Colchester County High School for Girls
PDF document · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Colchester County High School for Girls
Web page · copy archived by ExamKind on 17 Oct 2026
- Colchester County High School for Girls
PDF document · copy archived by ExamKind on 9 Oct 2026
- Colchester County High School for Girls
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- Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex (CSSE)
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- Department for Education (Explore Education Statistics)
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