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Chesterton Community Sports College

  • 11–16Ages
  • 915Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 140470URN

Castle Street, Chesterton, Newcastle, ST5 7LP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.2 below Staffordshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Staffordshire

295 applications for 180 places · 38th of 48 in Staffordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.8of 90
33rd of 56 in Staffordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 14 July 2026Published 17 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 14 July 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 21 September 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

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
1.6applications per place, Year 7
0.2 below Staffordshire median (1.8) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

295 applications · 180 places offered · 200 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  4. 2023 1.6; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  5. 2022 1.7; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.0; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  9. 2018 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.7
  11. 2016 1.5; Staffordshire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.6
  13. 2014 1.4; Staffordshire median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Staffordshire median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Staffordshire 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 20261802951.62001.11
Sep 20251953241.71860.95
Sep 20242043371.72061.01
Sep 20232083251.62101.01
Sep 20221732861.71670.97
Sep 20211762671.51660.94
Sep 20201693362.02081.23
Sep 20191983001.51850.93
Sep 20182002911.52021.01
Sep 20171662251.41520.92
Sep 20161672451.51620.97
Sep 20151361931.41300.96
Sep 20141381931.41370.99

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

160 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.833rd of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths26%50th of 56 in Staffordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths57%
  • This school
  • Staffordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.10
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16042.826%57%–
2024/2516241.223%53%–
2023/2417843.829%66%−0.10
2022/2319346.336%67%+0.01

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

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • 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
140470 · 860/4093
Trust
Collective Vision Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
870 pupils · 915 on roll
Free school meals
37.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2013
Replaced
Chesterton Community Sports College (URN 124411)
Address
Castle Street, Chesterton, Newcastle, ST5 7LP
Local authority
Staffordshire · Newcastle-under-Lyme

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