The Charter School Bermondsey

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 17 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Southwark
Unique reference
139587
Address
Keeton's Road, SE16 4EE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
440 (67% of total capacity)
Boys
55.7%
Girls
44.3%
First language not English
25%
Free school meals (FSM)
55.2%
Persistent absence
29.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 45.9%
Mixed 13%
African 12%
Other 9.3%
Other Black 7.3%
Other White 5.7%
Other Asian 2.3%
Caribbean 1.8%
Indian 1.1%
Pakistani 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.29
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.38
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 78%
Local authority average 70%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.4
Local authority average 51.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.14
Local authority average 4.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE78
English LiteratureGCSE78
FrenchGCSE27
GeographyGCSE64
HistoryGCSE14
ItalianGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Charter School Bermondsey

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
114
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
89
2nd preference
83
3rd preference
66
From another Local Authority
33
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
88
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
10
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 classes23.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
112
59
53
Year 8
91
45
46
Year 9
93
56
37
Year 10
70
40
30
Year 11
74
45
29
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
82.0%
93.0%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
21.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
28.0%
59.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
10.0%
11.0%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.9%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
1.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
3.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022