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The Charter School Bermondsey
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Free school
Keeton's Road, London SE16 4EE · charterbermondsey.org.uk · 020 3542 6506
On the mapSearch near SE16 4EE
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Southwark 52.1, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 497
- 83% of 600 places
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 54.9%
- First language not English
- 20.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 80 families put the school first and 110 places were offered; 100% 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 | 110 | 80 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 110 | 83 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 114 | 89 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 112 | 74 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 107 | 58 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.9, and 32.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Southwark it was 52.1, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼32.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼52.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲76.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.80 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 28.2 | +7.7 |
| Sixth form college | 7 | +0.2 |
| Further education | 52.1 | +5.5 |
| Other education | 1.4 | −1.3 |
| Employment | 2.8 | −4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.2 | −9.5 |
| Activity not captured | 4.2 | +2.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 17 November 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for The Charter School Bermondsey was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 16 Nov 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective May 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
69% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (58 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 69%
- Replies
- 58
- 15% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (34%) with SEND