Chester International School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
14 - 19 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Unique reference
144742
Address
Queens Park Campus, Queens Park Road, Handbridge, CH4 7AE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
281 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
42.3%
Girls
57.7%
First language not English
16.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
21%
Persistent absence
51.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
27.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 63.3%
Other White 11%
Mixed 9.3%
Other 6.4%
Unclassified 5%
Indian 1.8%
African 1.4%
Other Asian 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.65
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 75%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.4
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.7
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE17
ChemistryGCSE21
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE84
English LiteratureGCSE77
FrenchGCSE11
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes17
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 10
77
31
46
Year 11
83
34
49
Year 12
75
30
45
Year 13
46
24
22
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
74.0%
83.3%
85.6%
Further education
21.0%
33.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
42.0%
31.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
10.0%
17.2%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.5%
Entering employment
8.0%
5.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
3.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
13.0%
7.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
4.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
63.0%
76.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
26.0%
36.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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