The Charles Dickens School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 28 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not applicable
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
144015
Address
Broadstairs Road, CT10 2RL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1118 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
51.0%
Girls
49.0%
First language not English
8.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
37.6%
Persistent absence
25.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.8%
Other White 6.5%
Mixed 5.7%
Unclassified 1.9%
Other 1%
African 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Asian 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 8%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 30%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.7
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.23
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award32
TourismTechnical Award15
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award14
Health StudiesTechnical Award48
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award69
Art & DesignGCSE59
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE11
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE2
BiologyGCSE3
English LanguageGCSE203
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Charles Dickens School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
225
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
220
2nd preference
217
3rd preference
183
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
170
2nd preference
43
3rd preference
10
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 classes23.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
233
122
111
Year 8
233
116
117
Year 9
229
118
111
Year 10
208
97
111
Year 11
215
117
98
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
56.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
24.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
7.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
10.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022