Chancellor's School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Nov 8 2023 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
- Hertfordshire
- Unique reference
- 147246
- Address
- Pine Grove, Brookmans Park, AL9 7BN
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1250 (94% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 55.4%
- Girls
- 44.6%
- First language not English
- 15.8%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 15.1%
- Persistent absence
- 27.3%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 15.5%
White British 64.2%
Other White 12.9%
Mixed 6.9%
African 4.1%
Indian 2.8%
Unclassified 1.8%
Other Asian 1.6%
Other 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Chinese 1%
Pakistani 0.8%
Irish 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.34
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.19
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 78%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 59%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 54
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 5.07
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 1 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 2 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 8 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 19 |
Biology | GCSE | 63 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 1 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 61 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 35 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 69 |
Dance | GCSE | 1 |
Admissions
Chancellor's School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 202
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 243
- 2nd preference
- 199
- 3rd preference
- 152
- From another Local Authority
- 17
Offers
- 1st preference
- 171
- 2nd preference
- 23
- 3rd preference
- 6
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 19.1 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 213 118 95 |
Year 8 | 210 115 95 |
Year 9 | 211 115 96 |
Year 10 | 209 129 80 |
Year 11 | 205 112 93 |
Year 12 | 102 54 48 |
Year 13 | 100 50 50 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 92.0% 92.3% 86.5% |
Further education | 25.0% 27.8% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 66.0% 61.6% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 0.0% 1.9% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 2.0% 1.0% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 3.0% 2.5% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 3.0% 1.8% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 2.0% 3.0% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.5% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 70.0% 68.4% 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 30.0% 25.8% 19.7% |
Russell Group | 25.0% 22.6% 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 0.0% 1.4% 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 1.0% 2.0% 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 4.0% 1.9% 1.7% |