Educational establishments in and around Chelmsford include:

• Anglia Ruskin University
• King Edward VI Grammar School, known locally as 'KEGS'
• St John Payne Catholic Comprehensive School
• Chelmsford County High School
• Writtle College, an agricultural college
• Great Baddow High School
• Moulsham High School and humanities college
• Hylands School Specialist Science and Sixth Form College
• The Boswells School
• Chelmer Valley High School
• New Hall School, opened 1799.
• Chelmsford County High School for Girls, consistently one of the top five schools in the UK for both GCSE and A-level results.
• St Peters College, the former Rainsford High School.
• The Sandon School
• Chelmsford College a college of further education