Ercall Wood Academy
Academy converter · 971 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.5
Academy sponsor led
Charlton School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,218of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 27.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 252
- Ofsted
- Report card, 21 April 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Needs attentionLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Charlton School (URN 123597, until 19 April 2016).
What the data says
Charlton School has no sixth form. Of the 236 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 25% moved to a sixth form college, 42% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
French is unusually popular at GCSE: 40% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.7 against 46.1 across England and 44.2 in Telford and Wrekin, with 35% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Charlton School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 Telford and Wrekin and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Charlton School | Telford and Wrekin | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 236 | 2,324 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 16% | 29% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 25% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 42% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Charlton School | Telford and Wrekin | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.7 | 44.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 39% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 59% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 62% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.83 | 3.91 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 29% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.5 | 32.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.0 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 14% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 250 | 99% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 66% |
| English Literature | 250 | 99% | 86% | 12% | 21% | 69% |
| Mathematics | 249 | 99% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 189 | 75% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 40% |
| History | 137 | 54% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 55% |
| Geography | 107 | 42% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 50% |
| French | 102 | 40% | 18% | 9% | 29% | 51% |
| Physics | 59 | 23% | 23% | 24% | 46% | 75% |
| Biology | 59 | 23% | 23% | 22% | 45% | 86% |
| Chemistry | 59 | 23% | 23% | 19% | 47% | 76% |
| German | 35 | 14% | 5% | 9% | 33% | 63% |
| Statistics | 35 | 14% | 5% | 46% | 20% | 94% |
| Textiles | 25 | 10% | 2% | 8% | 27% | 36% |
| Business Studies | 24 | 10% | 18% | 4% | 20% | 67% |
| Physical Education | 23 | 9% | 11% | 9% | 24% | 57% |
| Art and Design | 19 | 8% | 7% | 16% | 24% | 95% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 7% | 13% | 11% | 30% | 56% |
| Spanish | 17 | 7% | 19% | 12% | 27% | 41% |
| Polish | 11 | 4% | 1% | 82% | 84% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 9 | 4% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 89% |
| Sociology | 5 | 2% | 4% | — | 21% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Photography | 1 | 0% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
| Classical Civilisation | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 40% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 61 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 49 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 44 | — | — |
| Engineering Studies | 39 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 39 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 34 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 19 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 18 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 13 | — | — |
| Tourism | 10 | — | — |
Where Charlton School is
Other secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Telford and Wrekin’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Telford and Wrekin
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75% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.7
Haberdashers' Adams
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98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 71.8
Hadley Learning Community - Secondary Phase
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89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.4
Holy Trinity Academy
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 994 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.9
Madeley Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,220 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.2
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.