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Charters School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,707Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138823URN

Charters Road, Sunningdale, Ascot, SL5 9QY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
2.1 below Windsor and Maidenhead median (4.1)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead

512 applications for 262 places · 8th of 8 in Windsor and Maidenhead
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
53.2of 90
3rd of 10 in Windsor and Maidenhead
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 28 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.0applications per place, Year 7
2.1 below Windsor and Maidenhead median (4.1) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

512 applications · 262 places offered · 265 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Windsor and Maidenhead median median 4.1
  2. 2025 2.0; Windsor and Maidenhead median median 2.5
  3. 2024 1.8; Windsor and Maidenhead median median 2.9
  4. 2023 2.1; Windsor and Maidenhead median median 2.2
  5. 2022 2.2; Windsor and Maidenhead median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.3; Windsor and Maidenhead median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.2; Windsor and Maidenhead median median 2.4
  8. 2019 1.9; Windsor and Maidenhead median median 2.4
  9. 2018 2.1; Windsor and Maidenhead median median 2.1
  10. 2017 1.7; Windsor and Maidenhead median median 2.3
  11. 2016 1.9; Windsor and Maidenhead median median 2.2
  12. 2015 2.3; Windsor and Maidenhead median median 2.3
  13. 2014 2.3; Windsor and Maidenhead median median 2.4
More applications per place than the Windsor and Maidenhead median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Windsor and Maidenhead median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262625122.02651.01
Sep 20252705472.03001.11
Sep 20242714811.82761.02
Sep 20232705792.13451.28
Sep 20222706052.23421.27
Sep 20212706162.33431.27
Sep 20202705882.23311.23
Sep 20193005791.93261.09
Sep 20182685692.13131.17
Sep 20172674561.72520.94
Sep 20162334501.92501.07
Sep 20152365382.32841.20
Sep 20142395492.32851.19

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

265 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)53.23rd of 10 in Windsor and Maidenhead
Grade 5 or above in English and maths60%2nd of 10 in Windsor and Maidenhead
Grade 4 or above in English and maths80%
  • This school
  • Windsor and Maidenhead median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.25
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26553.260%80%–
2024/2526851.057%77%–
2023/2429254.564%77%+0.25
2022/2326657.067%86%+0.38

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138823 · 868/4029
Trust
Charters School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,740 pupils · 1,707 on roll
Free school meals
11.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 October 2012
Replaced
Charters School (URN 110046)
Address
Charters Road, Sunningdale, Ascot, SL5 9QY
Local authority
Windsor and Maidenhead

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources