Chew Valley School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 18 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Unique reference
145482
Address
Chew Magna, BS40 8QB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1201 (87% of total capacity)
Boys
48.0%
Girls
52.0%
First language not English
4.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.7%
Persistent absence
21.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 88.4%
Other White 6%
Mixed 3.4%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Other 0.3%
Indian 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
African 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.18
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.26
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 57%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 49%
Local authority average 51%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.6
Local authority average 49.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.4
Local authority average 4.38
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE29
BiologyGCSE47
ChemistryGCSE47
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE36
Design & TechnologyGCSE42
DanceGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE189
English LiteratureGCSE188
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE13
FrenchGCSE58
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chew Valley School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
199
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
195
2nd preference
67
3rd preference
61
From another Local Authority
182
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
187
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
83
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 classes24
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
210
99
111
Year 8
209
100
109
Year 9
208
94
114
Year 10
205
100
105
Year 11
208
109
99
Year 12
85
39
46
Year 13
76
35
41
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
88.2%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
24.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
46.0%
54.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
8.0%
7.3%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
4.2%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
3.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
73.0%
61.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
29.0%
20.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
33.0%
21.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
5.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
2.3%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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