The Charter School East Dulwich

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 9 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Southwark
Unique reference
142178
Address
Jarvis Road, East Dulwich, SE22 8RB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1247 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
18.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.8%
Persistent absence
27.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 41.9%
Mixed 15.8%
Other White 10%
African 9.5%
Caribbean 8.2%
Unclassified 4.4%
Other 3.9%
Other Black 2.8%
Other Asian 0.8%
Pakistani 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Indian 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.31
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.38
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 81%
Local authority average 70%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.9
Local authority average 51.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.14
Local authority average 4.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE34
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
EconomicsGCSE44
English LanguageGCSE181
English LiteratureGCSE176
FrenchGCSE65
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Charter School East Dulwich

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
230
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
200
2nd preference
261
3rd preference
222
From another Local Authority
290
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
143
2nd preference
55
3rd preference
26
To another Local Authority
12
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 classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
227
119
108
Year 8
209
108
101
Year 9
180
85
95
Year 10
173
103
70
Year 11
180
86
94
Year 12
164
80
84
Year 13
114
49
65
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
91.8%
85.6%
Further education
25.0%
20.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
65.0%
60.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
3.0%
9.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023