Chesterfield High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 29 2023 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
Sefton
Unique reference
137514
Address
Chesterfield Road, Crosby, L23 9YB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1520 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
54.7%
Girls
45.3%
First language not English
4%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.5%
Persistent absence
15.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.1%
Mixed 3.2%
Other White 2%
Other 1.4%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
African 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.48
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 25%
Local authority average 32%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.5
Local authority average 42
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.94
Local authority average 3.57
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award25
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award44
Music Studies (General)Technical Award19
Sports StudiesTechnical Award78
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award21
Speech & DramaTechnical Award19
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
BiologyGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE51
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chesterfield High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
307
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
360
2nd preference
242
3rd preference
101
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
279
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
310
171
139
Year 8
304
169
135
Year 9
280
151
129
Year 10
264
158
106
Year 11
225
116
109
Year 12
86
40
46
Year 13
51
27
24
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
84.0%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
49.0%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
31.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
4.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.0%
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
81.0%
63.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
6.0%
16.2%
19.7%
Russell Group
4.0%
13.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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