Chosen Hill School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Good
Dec 3 2024 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
Gloucestershire
Unique reference
136623
Address
Brookfield Road, Churchdown, GL3 2PL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1292 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
52.9%
Girls
47.1%
First language not English
11.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.3%
Persistent absence
20.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
7.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.3%
Mixed 7.7%
Other White 5.9%
Indian 1.9%
Unclassified 1.8%
African 1.7%
Caribbean 0.8%
Other Asian 0.6%
Other 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 31%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.6
Local authority average 50.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.19
Local authority average 4.39
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award31
Speech & DramaTechnical Award16
TourismTechnical Award8
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE18
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE56
Business Studies:SingleGCSE73
ChemistryGCSE55
ChineseGCSE5
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Chosen Hill School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
215
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
173
2nd preference
324
3rd preference
184
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
140
2nd preference
62
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes21.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
229
125
104
Year 8
228
115
113
Year 9
216
117
99
Year 10
210
109
101
Year 11
226
126
100
Year 12
90
53
37
Year 13
93
39
54
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
84.1%
85.5%
Further education
31.0%
25.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
43.0%
47.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
8.0%
11.2%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
4.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
4.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.4%
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%
58.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
4.0%
22.3%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.9%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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