Chesterton Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jul 7 2017 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cambridgeshire
Unique reference
136887
Address
Gilbert Road, CB4 3NY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1121 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
47.8%
Girls
52.2%
First language not English
21.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.7%
Persistent absence
10.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 44.4%
Other White 22.6%
Mixed 10.6%
Chinese 6%
Bangladeshi 4.3%
Indian 2.6%
Other Asian 2.3%
Unclassified 2.3%
Other 1.7%
African 1.2%
Pakistani 1%
Irish 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 73%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 63.6
Local authority average 48.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.89
Local authority average 4.37
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award10
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)31
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE13
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE75
ChemistryGCSE75
ChineseGCSE5
Classical CivilisationGCSE14
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE167
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chesterton Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
187
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
335
2nd preference
249
3rd preference
110
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
184
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
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 classes20.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
237
116
121
Year 8
210
104
106
Year 9
205
90
115
Year 10
194
82
112
Year 11
201
107
94
Year 12
52
25
27
Year 13
22
12
10
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
88.3%
86.5%
Further education
8.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
7.0%
27.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
74.0%
34.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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