Charnwood College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 13 2022 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
Leicestershire
Unique reference
141874
Address
Thorpe Hill, LE11 4SQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
583 (52% of total capacity)
Boys
49.9%
Girls
50.1%
First language not English
14.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.4%
Persistent absence
19.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 68.4%
Mixed 8.1%
Other White 6.3%
Indian 4.1%
African 2.7%
Bangladeshi 2.1%
Unclassified 2.1%
Other Asian 1.9%
Chinese 1.4%
Other 1%
Irish 0.7%
Pakistani 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 57%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.6
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.9
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE22
Business Studies:SingleGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE22
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE82
English LiteratureGCSE81
FrenchGCSE11
GeographyGCSE20
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Charnwood College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
134
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
122
2nd preference
151
3rd preference
88
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
120
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
2
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 classes21
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
119
53
66
Year 8
112
59
53
Year 9
113
54
59
Year 10
95
53
42
Year 11
62
30
32
Year 12
49
24
25
Year 13
33
18
15
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
85.3%
86.5%
Further education
54.0%
39.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
28.0%
34.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
4.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
62.1%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
15.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
17.0%
13.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
3.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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