South Chingford Foundation School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Sept 15 2021 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
- Waltham Forest
- Unique reference
- 138859
- Address
- Stadium Close, Chingford, E4 8SG
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 628 (62% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 57.5%
- Girls
- 42.5%
- First language not English
- 57.3%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 33.9%
- Persistent absence
- 35.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 9.7%
Other White 30.7%
Mixed 12.9%
White British 12.4%
Pakistani 11.8%
Caribbean 8.1%
African 7.6%
Other Asian 4.1%
Other 4.1%
Bangladeshi 2.7%
Other Black 2.1%
Gypsy/Roma 1%
Indian 1%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.24
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.06
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 14%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 37%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 40.6
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.44
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 12 |
Biology | GCSE | 52 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 51 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 53 |
English Language | GCSE | 123 |
English Literature | GCSE | 121 |
D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 20 |
French | GCSE | 1 |
Geography | GCSE | 52 |
Modern Greek | GCSE | 1 |
Admissions
South Chingford Foundation School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 140
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 72
- 2nd preference
- 68
- 3rd preference
- 51
- From another Local Authority
- 6
Offers
- 1st preference
- 72
- 2nd preference
- 19
- 3rd preference
- 4
- To another Local Authority
- 2
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 25 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 155 95 60 |
Year 8 | 126 65 61 |
Year 9 | 92 48 44 |
Year 10 | 124 71 53 |
Year 11 | 131 82 49 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 92.0% 91.4% 85.6% |
Further education | 46.0% 22.6% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 23.0% 39.1% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 23.0% 29.4% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.4% 0.5% |
Entering employment | 0.0% 1.2% 4.1% |
Entering apprenticeships | 0.0% 0.5% 3.2% |
Not in education or employment | 4.0% 5.0% 5.9% |
Destination unknown | 5.0% 1.9% 1.2% |