Chipping Sodbury School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 9 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%
Pupil ethnicities
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%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award19
Art & DesignGCSE18
BiologyGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE59
Design & TechnologyGCSE74
English LanguageGCSE140
English LiteratureGCSE135
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE18
FrenchGCSE77
GeographyGCSE76
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Chipping Sodbury School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
148
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
175
2nd preference
150
3rd preference
54
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
147
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
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 classes22.4
Year 2023-2024

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
Year 2023-2024

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

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