Hylands School
Secondary schoolHylands School is a secondary school in Chelmsford, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 614 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met, special measures
- Inspection
- Report card, 10 February 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Hylands School was 40.3, against 52.3 in Chelmsford and 46.2 in England.
40.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Chelmsford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 40.3 | 52.3 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 40.2% | 54.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54.9% | 71.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 102 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Westlands Community Primary SchoolPrimary. Improved significantly, November 2024. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
- Community College Initiative LtdSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1.1 km
- Writtle Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, May 20231.2 km
- Writtle Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 20231.2 km
- Writtle College LimitedSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.2 km
- Widford Lodge SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.5 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Chelmsford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).