The Charter School East Dulwich

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 8 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
1344 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
51.9%
Girls
48.1%
First language not English
16.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
24.3%
Persistent absence
19.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 42.3%
Mixed 16.4%
Other White 11.1%
African 9.6%
Caribbean 7.1%
Other Black 4.4%
Other 4.1%
Indian 1%
Other Asian 0.9%
Unclassified 0.8%
Pakistani 0.7%
Irish 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 72%
Local authority average 67%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 63%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56.2
Local authority average 51.9
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.35
Local authority average 4.81
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award19
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE39
BiologyGCSE29
Business Studies:SingleGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE29
ChineseGCSE2
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
Design & TechnologyGCSE23
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Charter School East Dulwich

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
231
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
194
2nd preference
262
3rd preference
184
From another Local Authority
238
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
135
2nd preference
64
3rd preference
29
To another Local Authority
15
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 classes23.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
239
137
102
Year 8
232
121
111
Year 9
204
104
100
Year 10
181
83
98
Year 11
175
105
70
Year 12
160
71
89
Year 13
153
76
77
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
91.7%
85.5%
Further education
23.0%
21.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
65.0%
59.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
3.0%
10.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
0.9%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023