Chenderit School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 27 2022 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
West Northamptonshire
Unique reference
137878
Address
Archery Road, Middleton Cheney, OX17 2QR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1093 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
49.3%
Girls
50.7%
First language not English
4.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.6%
Persistent absence
21.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.6%
Other White 5.7%
Pakistani 5.4%
Mixed 3.9%
Unclassified 1.3%
Indian 0.9%
Other Black 0.6%
Other Asian 0.2%
Other 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 47%
Local authority average 41%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 53%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50
Local authority average 44.6
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.46
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award12
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE33
BiologyGCSE53
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE53
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE26
Design & TechnologyGCSE44
English LanguageGCSE175
English LiteratureGCSE174
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Chenderit School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
169
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
205
2nd preference
99
3rd preference
46
From another Local Authority
153
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
161
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
42
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 classes22.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
183
93
90
Year 8
180
91
89
Year 9
178
99
79
Year 10
178
84
94
Year 11
177
83
94
Year 12
106
47
59
Year 13
91
42
49
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
86.0%
85.5%
Further education
42.0%
42.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
46.0%
42.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
2.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
2.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
6.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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%
57.4%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
13.9%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.5%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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