South Charnwood High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Leicestershire
Broad Lane, Markfield, LE67 9TB
72
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
94%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.5%
17.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
866
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
870 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
94%
1st preference success rate
160 of 170 families who put it first got an offer
166
Places offered
531
Total applications
3.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 170 | 160 | ● 94% |
| 2nd preference | 201 | 6 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 122 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 38 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 531 | 166 | 31% |
1st preference success by year
Leicestershire lets families list 5 preferences. 8 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Simon Andrews
- Address
- Broad Lane, Markfield, LE67 9TB
- Phone
- 01530242351
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Ward / constituency
- Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead · Mid Leicestershire
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139442
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 17% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: SOUTH CHARNWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
866 pupils · 870 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
04 December 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 881 pupils
Attendance
93.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
17.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 50.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.02 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 56% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 78% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.41 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 43.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 66.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 17.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.08 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 174 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 170 | 28% | 52% | 74% | |
| English Language | 170 | 7% | 38% | 62% | |
| English Literature | 161 | 19% | 63% | 81% | |
| Combined Science | 118 | 8% | 40% | 63% | |
| History | 99 | 19% | 52% | 62% | |
| Business | 85 | 22% | 47% | 68% | |
| Geography | 71 | 24% | 63% | 76% | |
| Biology | 50 | 50% | 92% | 98% | |
| Physics | 49 | 39% | 86% | 98% | |
| Chemistry | 49 | 45% | 84% | 96% | |
| Social Studies | 44 | 14% | 39% | 52% | |
| Drama | 40 | 8% | 43% | 57% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Leicestershire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.