Charlton School
Academy sponsor led · 1,218 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.7
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Ercall Wood Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 971of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 24.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 192
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 14 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Ercall Wood Technology College (URN 123595, until 1 April 2018).
What the data says
Ercall Wood Academy has no sixth form. Of the 185 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 30% moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
German is unusually popular at GCSE: 45% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 30% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.5 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%).
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 | Ercall Wood Academy | Telford and Wrekin | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 185 | 2,324 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 14% | 29% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 30% | 14% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 4% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Ercall Wood Academy | Telford and Wrekin | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.5 | 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 | 47% | 44% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.69 | 3.91 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 27% | 29% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 34.2 | 32.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.5 | 49.0 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 17% | 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 | 188 | 98% | 89% | 13% | 20% | 67% |
| Mathematics | 188 | 98% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 61% |
| English Literature | 184 | 96% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 76% |
| Geography | 115 | 60% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 58% |
| Combined Science | 96 | 50% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 34% |
| History | 92 | 48% | 41% | 14% | 26% | 53% |
| Chemistry | 88 | 46% | 23% | 10% | 47% | 58% |
| Physics | 88 | 46% | 23% | 15% | 46% | 69% |
| Biology | 88 | 46% | 23% | 11% | 45% | 72% |
| German | 87 | 45% | 5% | 9% | 33% | 74% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 14% | 13% | 4% | 30% | 38% |
| Photography | 25 | 13% | 6% | 16% | 19% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 23 | 12% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 78% |
| Design and Technology | 23 | 12% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 30% |
| Religious Studies | 20 | 10% | 31% | 25% | 32% | 65% |
| Drama | 14 | 7% | 7% | 7% | 27% | 71% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 14 | 7% | 8% | 7% | 21% | 79% |
| Italian | 5 | 3% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Dance | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 27% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Art and Design | 1 | 1% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 106 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 73 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 47 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 23 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 14 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 11 | — | — |
| Retailing | 1 | — | — |
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Holy Trinity Academy
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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.