The Charter School East Dulwich[1]
Secondary · ages 11–19
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 55 55.3 2025/26[2]
- A-level average grade
- AL B B 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 55.3 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 60.3% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 25.3% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- +0.19 2023/24[4]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[5]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[5]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 56.3[6] | 63.4%[6] | ||
| 2023/24 | 51.7[4] | 54.1%[4] | +0.19[4] | |
| 2022/23 | 54.9[7] | 59%[7] | +0.31[7] | |
| 2021/22 | 57[8] | 63%[8] | +0.46[8] |
A level (16–18)
- A-level average grade
- B 2024/25[3]
- AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
- 21.8% 2024/25[3]
| Year | A-level average grade | AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | B-[9] | 17.8%[9] |
| 2022/23 | C+[10] | 22.9%[10] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 96% 2022/23[11]
- School sixth form
- 65% 2022/23[11]
- Sixth-form college
- 3% 2022/23[11]
- Further education college
- 23% 2022/23[11]
- Apprenticeship
- 1% 2022/23[11]
- Employment
- 1% 2022/23[11]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 97%[12] | 65%[12] | 3%[12] | 25%[12] | 0%[12] | 3%[12] |
| 2020/21 | 97%[13] | 74%[13] | 3%[13] | 17%[13] | 1%[13] | 0%[13] |
Destinations after 16–18 study
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 83% 2022/23[14]
- Education
- 67% 2022/23[14]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2022/23[14]
- Employment
- 16% 2022/23[14]
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
- 8 May 2024[15]
- Type
- Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[15]
- Report published
- 12 Jun 2024[15]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[15]
- Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
- School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next[15]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 4.4 Entry Sept 2026[17]
- Applications (any preference)
- 1006 Entry Sept 2026[17]
- First preferences
- 212 Entry Sept 2026[17]
- Places offered
- 231 Entry Sept 2026[17]
- First preferences per place
- 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[17]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 908[17] | 194[17] | 231[17] | 3.9[17] | 0.8[17] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 992[17] | 200[17] | 230[17] | 4.3[17] | 0.9[17] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 1032[17] | 190[17] | 233[17] | 4.4[17] | 0.8[17] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 1185[17] | 255[17] | 206[17] | 5.8[17] | 1.2[17] |
Admissions
- Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
- 240 Entry Sept 2027[18]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Free schools[1]
- Ages
- 11–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1680[1]
- Trust
- THE CHARTER SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Southwark[1]
- Website
- www.chartereastdulwich.org.uk[1]
- District
- Southwark[19]
- Postcode
- SE22 8EY[1]
- URN
- 142178[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1344 2024/25[20]
- English as an additional language
- 16.2% 2024/25[20]
- SEN support
- 18.5% 2024/25[20]
- EHC plan
- 3.9% 2024/25[20]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 32.7% 2024/25[20]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 52.3%[21]
- Mixed
- 17.4%[21]
- Asian
- 3.5%[21]
- Black
- 21.3%[21]
- Any other ethnic group
- 4%[21]
- Unclassified
- 1.4%[21]
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
- 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.
- Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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cdn.prod.website-files.com: cdn.prod.website-files.com — 69b90a6a09a2af54bb6f76e5 TCSED Admissions Policy 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
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The Charter School East Dulwich has a Year 7 admission number of 240 pupils. (p. 2)
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.