CCFColchester County High School for Girls 11+ admissions

• Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex 11 Plus

  Formal consortium · Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex · Two timed papers: English and Mathematics

  Scores are used by the member schools under their individual determined admission policies.

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Eligibility

Girls must enter the CSSE selection test, be of the appropriate age and attain the required standard, including a test score of at least 320.

Score policy

Applicants must score at least 320; eligible applicants are allocated in descending CSSE rank order, with priority-area and premium quotas.

Registration

GIAS does not publish the current test registration URL.

Published radius: 25 miles from the local authority address point for Colchester County High School for Girls.

The priority-area allocation totals 154 places across EHCP and categories 1-4; the remaining 38 places are ranked regardless of address. Permanent-home residence must be continuous from 31 October 2026 to the September 2027 start. Exact address-point coordinates are not verified here; ask the admissions authority to confirm the full address and any armed-forces or Crown-servant relocation exception.

Ask the admissions authority to check your address against its exact reference point. School postcode coordinates cannot confirm this boundary.

After EHCP-named applicants scoring at least 320, categories are looked-after or previously looked-after girls scoring at least 320; up to 20 highest-scoring Pupil Premium applicants with at least 320; up to 10 highest-scoring Service Pupil Premium applicants with at least 320 and priority-area residence; then priority-area girls by descending score until 154 places have been allocated across EHCP and categories 1-4. The remaining 38 places are ranked by score regardless of address. Pupil Premium here covers income-based Free School Meals now or in the previous six years. Priority-area residence must continue from 31 October 2026 to September 2027. Equal scores for the final places favour an as-yet-unoffered Pupil Premium girl, then the closest home by straight-line distance.

For September 2027 entry. Policy checked 2026-10-01. A priority category does not guarantee an offer.

DfE preferences and offers at National Offer Day. Each preference is a school named on an application; a child can name several schools. These figures describe past demand and do not predict an offer.

School identifiers are joined across documented predecessor links. Missing and suppressed values stay unpublished. Latest dataset: September 2026 entry. Checked 2026-10-01.

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These subjects are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessed subjects.

• English
• Mathematics

These stages are verified for the linked shared assessment route. GIAS does not publish the current assessment stages.

1. 1. CSSE 11+ examination

   Registered pupils sit the two CSSE entrance tests for Year 7 entry.

Registration opens

GIAS does not publish the current registration opening date.

Registration deadline

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Test date

GIAS does not publish the current test dates.

CAF deadline

GIAS does not publish the current CAF deadline.

National Offer Day

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Every 11+ test's dates are in the 11+ dates calendar. To decide where this school goes on the application form, use the school application order planner.

Fee per term

This is a state-funded school.

Fee per year

This is a state-funded school.

Published fee context

This is a state-funded school.

Inspection outcomes are maintained separately and are not present in current GIAS downloads.

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1. A1 School Admissions Policy 2027/28

   Colchester County High School for Girls. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

2. CSSE 11+ Examination: 2027 entry

   Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex. Accessed 26 August 2026. September 2027 entry.

3. Open state-funded school fields CSV

   Department for Education. Accessed 25 August 2026. GIAS register snapshot on 25 August 2026.

4. ONS Postcode Directory May 2026 school-postcode centroid extract

   Office for National Statistics. Accessed 25 August 2026. ONS Postcode Directory, May 2026.

5. A1 School Admissions Policy 2027/28

   Colchester County High School for Girls. Accessed 1 October 2026. September 2027 entry.

6. CSSE Information Guide: 2027 Entry

   Consortium of Selective Schools in Essex. Accessed 25 September 2026. September 2027 entry.