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Chelmsford County vs Colchester County

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Waffles25 · 15/10/2024 19:56

Hello,
My daughter has managed to get decent scores to have a good chance at either of these schools. We live in Chelmsford, and CCHS would have been our first choice. But now I have heard great things about Colchester County too. I’ll be grateful for any advise or experience that can be shared!

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mrsvandertrampfrench · 15/10/2024 20:22

My daughter attends CCHS and absolutely loves it. She's currently doing her GCSEs and in Year 11. There are loads of extra curriculars - sport, music, art etc. One thing is they are very academic and only offer facilitating subjects so nothing like Graphics, Sociology etc.

Year 7-9 is relatively easy as long as you keep on track of work and I'd say the teachers are really supportive but they are very on top of making sure homework is done etc.

I can't think of what else to say but I am very happy to answer any more questions if needed! You can PM me if you want. x

I don't know much about Colchester but generally I think it is viewed as good. I think CCHS got the better grades this year. We only chose CCHS because it is just a walk for us while Colchester would've been a bus journey