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Charters School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 53.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
53.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
60.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
18.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.25 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 51[6] 57.1%[6]
2023/24 54.5[4] 64%[4] +0.25[4]
2022/23 57[7] 67%[7] +0.38[7]
2021/22 57.1[8] 64%[8] +0.32[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
17.1% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 B-[10] 15.1%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 17.9%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 17.3%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 14.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
59% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
9% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
23% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[15] 55%[15] 10%[15] 25%[15] 0%[15] 4%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 60%[16] 9%[16] 22%[16] 2%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 61%[17] 13%[17] 20%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 66%[18] 4%[18] 21%[18] 2%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
70% 2022/23[19]
Education
72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
16% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 89%[20] 58%[20] 59%[20] 2%[20] 27%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 69%[21] 71%[21] 3%[21] 19%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 74%[22] 76%[22] 3%[22] 13%[22]
2018/19 95%[23] 67%[23] 74%[23] 3%[23] 18%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
78% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
30% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
38% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
4% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 82%[26] 39%[26]
2019/20 83%[25] 46%[25] 38%[25] 4%[25]
2018/19 83%[27] 37%[27] 33%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 68%[28] 34%[28] 30%[28] 3%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
28 Mar 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
23 May 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
512 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
265 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
262 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 547[30] 300[30] 270[30] 2.0[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2024 481[30] 276[30] 271[30] 1.8[30] 1.0[30]
Entry Sept 2023 579[30] 345[30] 270[30] 2.1[30] 1.3[30]
Entry Sept 2022 605[30] 342[30] 270[30] 2.2[30] 1.3[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1740[1]
Trust
CHARTERS SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead[1]
Website
www.chartersschool.org.uk[1]
District
Windsor and Maidenhead[31]
Postcode
SL5 9QY[1]
URN
138823[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1715 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
9% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
10.2% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
2.1% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
12.1% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
76.1%[33]
Mixed
9.4%[33]
Asian
10.7%[33]
Black
1.1%[33]
Any other ethnic group
1.8%[33]
Unclassified
1%[33]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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