Chipping Sodbury School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary, 16 plus
- Ofsted rating
- Good Nov 8 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
- South Gloucestershire
- Unique reference
- 148295
- Address
- Bowling Road, Chipping Sodbury, BS37 6EW
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 720 (65% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 51.5%
- Girls
- 48.5%
- First language not English
- 4.3%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 16.3%
- Persistent absence
- 26.3%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 19.6%
White British 89.2%
Mixed 3.3%
Other White 2.2%
Unclassified 1.9%
Other Asian 1.5%
Indian 0.4%
Chinese 0.4%
African 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.59
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.02
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 55%
Local authority average 26%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 23%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 38.7
Local authority average 45.5
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.41
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Childcare Skills | Technical Award | 19 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 18 |
Biology | GCSE | 59 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 59 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 74 |
English Language | GCSE | 140 |
English Literature | GCSE | 135 |
D&T Food Technology | GCSE | 18 |
French | GCSE | 77 |
Geography | GCSE | 76 |
Admissions
Chipping Sodbury School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 148
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 175
- 2nd preference
- 150
- 3rd preference
- 54
- From another Local Authority
- 2
Offers
- 1st preference
- 147
- 2nd preference
- 1
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.4 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 152 82 70 |
Year 8 | 139 69 70 |
Year 9 | 137 81 56 |
Year 10 | 118 54 64 |
Year 11 | 116 51 65 |
Year 12 | 32 16 16 |
Year 13 | 26 18 8 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 81.0% 83.0% 86.5% |
Further education | 39.0% 34.1% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 35.0% 37.3% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 7.0% 11.1% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.4% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 8.0% 5.8% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 9.0% 6.1% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 2.0% 4.3% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.9% 1.0% |
Progression to Higher Education or Training
Destinations after A‑levels | School LA England |
---|---|
Degrees | 59.0% 48.1% 64.0% |
Top third higher education institutions | 14.0% 7.8% 19.7% |
Russell Group | 23.0% 8.9% 17.7% |
Oxford or Cambridge | 0.0% 0.3% 1.0% |
Other study at level 4 or 5 | 5.0% 3.1% 2.6% |
Higher apprenticeships | 0.0% 2.2% 1.7% |