Chaucer School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Inadequate
Jun 7 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Sheffield
Unique reference
138414
Address
Wordsworth Avenue, S5 8NH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
822 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
52.7%
Girls
47.3%
First language not English
17.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
55%
Persistent absence
47.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 71.2%
African 7.8%
Mixed 6.8%
Other 3.3%
Other White 2.8%
Indian 2.2%
Unclassified 1.6%
Pakistani 1.5%
Other Asian 1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.08
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 31%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 19%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 30.4
Local authority average 44
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.46
Local authority average 3.85
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award14
Sports StudiesTechnical Award27
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award145
Health StudiesTechnical Award44
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award28
Art & DesignGCSE40
BiologyGCSE1
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chaucer School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
139
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
114
2nd preference
58
3rd preference
44
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
114
2nd preference
7
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 classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
158
85
73
Year 8
169
79
90
Year 9
168
93
75
Year 10
165
85
80
Year 11
162
91
71
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
73.0%
84.2%
86.5%
Further education
53.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
5.0%
37.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
14.0%
8.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
18.0%
6.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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