King Charles I School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 2 2023 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
Worcestershire
Unique reference
138032
Address
Hill Grove House, Comberton Road, DY10 1XA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1105 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
52.2%
Girls
47.8%
First language not English
9.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
26.6%
Persistent absence
23.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.7%
Other White 5.5%
Mixed 3.6%
African 2.4%
Bangladeshi 1.9%
Other Asian 0.9%
Pakistani 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Indian 0.6%
Unclassified 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Caribbean 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.04
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 80%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.6
Local authority average 44.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.47
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award5
Health StudiesTechnical Award38
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award28
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE47
BiologyGCSE48
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE46
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE44
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

King Charles I School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
219
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
219
2nd preference
69
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
210
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
199
95
104
Year 8
188
108
80
Year 9
220
125
95
Year 10
192
96
96
Year 11
189
89
100
Year 12
60
30
30
Year 13
57
34
23
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
44.0%
32.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
32.0%
35.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
12.0%
16.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
5.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
84.0%
60.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
16.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
16.0%
16.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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