Charlton School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
May 5 2023 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
Telford and Wrekin
Unique reference
142821
Address
Apley Avenue, TF1 3FA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1229 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
51.3%
Girls
48.7%
First language not English
13.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
27%
Persistent absence
21.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.5%
Mixed 5.8%
Pakistani 5.6%
Other White 5.5%
African 5.4%
Indian 2.8%
Other Asian 1.7%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.51
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.31
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 73%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.8
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.78
Local authority average 3.93
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award21
Sports StudiesTechnical Award54
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award19
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award71
Speech & DramaTechnical Award21
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE16
Art & DesignGCSE25
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE59
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Charlton School

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
207
2nd preference
156
3rd preference
78
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
192
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes23.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
238
113
125
Year 8
249
123
126
Year 9
247
127
120
Year 10
255
146
109
Year 11
240
121
119
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
86.6%
86.5%
Further education
33.0%
38.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
15.0%
32.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
38.0%
14.6%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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