Chesterton Community Sports College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 21 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Staffordshire
Unique reference
140470
Address
Castle Street, Chesterton, ST5 7LP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
903 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
3.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
35%
Persistent absence
24.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
27.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 92.4%
Mixed 2.5%
Other White 1.8%
Other Asian 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
African 0.4%
Other 0.4%
Indian 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 61%
Local authority average 33%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 21%
Local authority average 39%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41
Local authority average 43.8
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.68
Local authority average 3.77
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE9
BiologyGCSE13
Business Studies:SingleGCSE2
ChemistryGCSE13
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE35
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE43
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE160
English LiteratureGCSE159
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Chesterton Community Sports College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
195
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
186
2nd preference
105
3rd preference
33
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
186
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
204
103
101
Year 8
203
92
111
Year 9
170
86
84
Year 10
163
89
74
Year 11
163
84
79
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
78.0%
83.4%
85.5%
Further education
75.0%
46.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
1.0%
33.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
2.0%
3.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.3%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
6.0%
5.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
5.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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