The Charter School North Dulwich

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 8 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Southwark
Unique reference
136298
Address
Red Post Hill, SE24 9JH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1301 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
51.2%
Girls
48.8%
First language not English
6.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.2%
Persistent absence
20.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 51.9%
Mixed 15.1%
African 9.1%
Other White 8.7%
Caribbean 3.9%
Unclassified 2.9%
Other 2.8%
Irish 1.2%
Indian 1.2%
Other Black 1.1%
Chinese 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Other Asian 0.5%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.83
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.38
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 77%
Local authority average 70%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 78%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 62.3
Local authority average 51.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.73
Local authority average 4.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE64
AstronomyGCSE7
BiologyGCSE50
ChemistryGCSE49
ChineseGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE11
Design & TechnologyGCSE36
EconomicsGCSE24
English LanguageGCSE176
English LiteratureGCSE175
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Charter School North Dulwich

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
172
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
334
2nd preference
267
3rd preference
221
From another Local Authority
463
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
156
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
38
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
189
94
95
Year 8
192
109
83
Year 9
189
109
80
Year 10
191
102
89
Year 11
181
94
87
Year 12
182
74
108
Year 13
177
84
93
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
91.8%
85.6%
Further education
16.0%
20.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
78.0%
60.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
9.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
82.0%
85.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
54.0%
40.4%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021