The Boswells School
Burnham Road, Chelmsford, CM1 6LY
Local ranking20th of 82 secondary schools in Essex
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1431
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.4
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 70.4%
- Entering EBacc
- 37.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3
- Cohort Size
- 240
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 49.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 26.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
38.0
Avg Points/Entry
37.2
Best 3 A-Levels
90
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 208
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1409
- Boys
- 706 (50%)
- Girls
- 703 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1431 (98% full)
- SEND
- 12.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.6%
- EAL
- 10.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 10.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 82.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,114/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 76.0%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Other: 4.5%
- Asian Indian: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Asian Chinese: 1.4%
76.0%
White British
4.5%
White Other
4.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137874
- UKPRN
- 10036294
- Establishment No.
- 5416
- Trust
- THE CHELMSFORD LEARNING PARTNERSHIP