Chilwell School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 30 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Nottinghamshire
Unique reference
122854
Address
Queens Road, Beeston, NG9 5AL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1052 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
53.3%
Girls
46.7%
First language not English
29.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.7%
Persistent absence
19.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 56.5%
Chinese 14.9%
Mixed 7.1%
Other White 6.3%
Unclassified 6.3%
Other 2.3%
Other Asian 1.7%
Indian 1.5%
African 1.4%
Pakistani 1%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 39%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.2
Local authority average 46.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.46
Local authority average 4.14
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE13
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE67
Business Studies:SingleGCSE44
ChemistryGCSE67
ChineseGCSE34
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE45
English LanguageGCSE171
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Chilwell School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
208
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
139
2nd preference
153
3rd preference
80
From another Local Authority
23
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
139
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
12
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
196
93
103
Year 8
207
120
87
Year 9
210
108
102
Year 10
176
101
75
Year 11
176
100
76
Year 12
47
18
29
Year 13
40
21
19
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
83.7%
85.5%
Further education
44.0%
42.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
25.0%
36.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
16.0%
4.5%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
4.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
67.0%
62.9%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
29.0%
22.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
3.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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