CHS South

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 11 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Manchester
Unique reference
145873
Address
451 Mauldeth Road West, Chorlton, M21 7SX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1024 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
56.1%
Girls
43.9%
First language not English
31%
Free school meals (FSM)
47.3%
Persistent absence
28.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 22%
Mixed 17.2%
Other 12.7%
Pakistani 10.9%
Other Black 9.2%
African 8.9%
Other White 6.3%
Caribbean 4.1%
Indian 2.3%
Other Asian 2.2%
Unclassified 1.5%
Chinese 1.2%
Bangladeshi 0.9%
Irish 0.8%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.02
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 77%
Local authority average 45%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.8
Local authority average 44.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.1
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award12
Health StudiesTechnical Award18
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award16
ArabicGCSE12
Art & DesignGCSE48
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE17
ChemistryGCSE17
ChineseGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

CHS South

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
249
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
140
2nd preference
252
3rd preference
222
From another Local Authority
130
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
140
2nd preference
55
3rd preference
31
To another Local Authority
48
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 classes24.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
243
142
101
Year 8
236
129
107
Year 9
226
117
109
Year 10
170
103
67
Year 11
149
83
66
Year 2023-2024

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