The Charter School North Dulwich

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 7 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
1330 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.9%
Girls
49.1%
First language not English
7.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.2%
Persistent absence
13.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 50.5%
Mixed 16.7%
Other White 8.6%
African 8.3%
Caribbean 4.7%
Other 2.9%
Unclassified 2.6%
Irish 1.4%
Indian 1.1%
Other Black 1%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 76%
Local authority average 67%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 64.8
Local authority average 51.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.05
Local authority average 4.81
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE47
AstronomyGCSE8
BiologyGCSE57
Business Studies:SingleGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE54
ChineseGCSE7
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
EconomicsGCSE39
Year 2024-2025

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
317
2nd preference
280
3rd preference
231
From another Local Authority
444
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
163
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
35
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 classes22.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
190
93
97
Year 8
189
95
94
Year 9
192
107
85
Year 10
182
110
72
Year 11
188
99
89
Year 12
212
103
109
Year 13
177
70
107
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
91.7%
85.5%
Further education
18.0%
21.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
75.0%
59.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
10.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
3.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.5%
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
84.0%
83.0%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
49.0%
33.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022