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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Art & DesignGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE8
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE63
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE61
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Design & TechnologyGCSE69
DanceGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chancellor's School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
202
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
243
2nd preference
199
3rd preference
152
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
171
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
6
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 classes19.1
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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%
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
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%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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