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%
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%
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
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Music Studies (General) | Technical Award | 14 |
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 27 |
Computer Appreciation / Introduction | Technical Award | 145 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 44 |
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 28 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 40 |
Biology | GCSE | 1 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 1 |
Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 38 |
Admissions
Chaucer School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 139
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 114
- 2nd preference
- 58
- 3rd preference
- 44
- From another Local Authority
- 0
Offers
- 1st preference
- 114
- 2nd preference
- 7
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.7 |
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 |
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% |