Chestnut Grove Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 30 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Wandsworth
Unique reference
136883
Address
Chestnut Grove, Balham, 45 Chestnut Grove, SW12 8JZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1279 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
53.2%
Girls
46.8%
First language not English
19.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.9%
Persistent absence
17.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 31%
Mixed 20.3%
Other White 19.4%
African 5.2%
Unclassified 4.4%
Caribbean 4%
Other 3.9%
Pakistani 3.7%
Other Black 2.4%
Indian 2.1%
Other Asian 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Chinese 0.7%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.56
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.33
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 78%
Local authority average 62%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 69%
Local authority average 56%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 58.2
Local authority average 50.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.46
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award10
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award25
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE22
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE58
ChemistryGCSE58
Classical CivilisationGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE171
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chestnut Grove School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
205
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
316
2nd preference
389
3rd preference
305
From another Local Authority
607
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
137
2nd preference
51
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
87
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.6
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
208
98
110
Year 8
209
113
96
Year 9
208
115
93
Year 10
180
94
86
Year 11
172
90
82
Year 12
173
97
76
Year 13
129
73
56
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
93.9%
86.5%
Further education
6.0%
13.5%
34.7%
School sixth form
88.0%
76.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
2.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.3%
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
80.0%
81.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
28.0%
25.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
26.0%
23.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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