Chosen Hill School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 31 2018 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
1314 (89% of total capacity)
Boys
52.8%
Girls
47.2%
First language not English
10%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.2%
Persistent absence
28.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 78.3%
Mixed 7%
Other White 6.2%
Unclassified 2.3%
Indian 2.1%
African 1.2%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Caribbean 0.6%
Chinese 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 29%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 52%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.3
Local authority average 50
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.05
Local authority average 4.34
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award14
Health StudiesTechnical Award27
Speech & DramaTechnical Award21
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE45
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE41
BiologyGCSE53
Business Studies:SingleGCSE89
ChemistryGCSE53
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chosen Hill School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
223
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
179
2nd preference
276
3rd preference
213
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
157
2nd preference
50
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes20.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
229
118
111
Year 8
223
120
103
Year 9
220
118
102
Year 10
225
124
101
Year 11
221
119
102
Year 12
99
44
55
Year 13
97
51
46
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
85.9%
86.5%
Further education
32.0%
24.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
49.0%
49.9%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
10.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
61.0%
63.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
21.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
21.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
7.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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