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South Charnwood High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Broad Lane, Markfield LE67 9TB · southcharnwood.leics.sch.uk · 01530 242351
On the mapSearch near LE67 9TB
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 866
- 100% of 870 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 16.9%
- First language not English
- 5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 153 families put the school first and 173 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 173 | 153 | 0.9 | 99% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 166 | 170 | 1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 171 | 196 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 166 | 161 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 170 | 193 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.5, and 43.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicestershire it was 46.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼43.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ●66.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼17.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.08 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 23.4 | +7.1 |
| Sixth form college | 10.5 | −8.2 |
| Further education | 57.9 | +9.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.5 | −3.7 |
| Employment | 1.2 | −5.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 1.8 | −0.6 |
| Activity not captured | 1.8 | +1.2 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for South Charnwood High School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2010Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Jun 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
80% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (138 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 80%
- Replies
- 138
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 43 parents (31%) with SEND