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Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle

Mixed · ages 2–19 · with sixth formKensington and Chelsea, London · London SW7 2DGSchool website
Pupils on roll
3,420of 3,805 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
113
Ofsted
Not covered by Ofsted school inspections

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Lycee Francais Charles De Gaulle (URN 100512).

What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Lycee Francais Charles de Gaulle’s Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

A level grades average B, well above the England average of B-; 41% of students achieved AAB or better including two facilitating subjects (England 18%). The largest A level subjects are French, Mathematics and Physics.

Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French add up to 2% of the year group, and 0% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Kensington and Chelsea and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolKensington and ChelseaEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)11.454.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%61%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%77%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%46%41%
EBacc average point score0.974.894.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort36%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils46.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils59.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language38%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Literature4842%86%40%21%96%
English Language4842%89%42%20%92%
Geography3430%41%41%25%100%
Fine Art65%9%17%28%67%
Latin33%1%74%
Arabic22%1%47%
Chinese22%1%75%
French22%18%29%
Italian22%0%53%
Mathematics22%88%22%
Russian22%0%87%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
French24%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThis schoolKensington and ChelseaEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study455
— of whom A level students47723261,341
Average A level gradeBB-B-
Average points per A level entry41.2337.0535.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsB+B-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects41%19%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
French3677%1%
Mathematics2349%31%
Physics1328%12%
Chemistry1021%17%
Further Mathematics1021%5%
Geography919%10%
Economics919%13%
Biology613%20%
German0%
Politics6%
History13%
English Literature11%
Fine Art3%
Music0%
Art and Design (Critical Studies)0%
Russian0%
Spanish2%
Arabic0%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
FrenchGCE AS level (All)3677%
FrenchGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)

Other secondary schools in Kensington and Chelsea

Chelsea Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,106 pupils

91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.9

Holland Park School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,376 pupils

No destination data · Attainment 8 59.4

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.