Katharine Lady Berkeley's SchoolChipping Sodbury School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Katharine Lady Berkeley's School and Chipping Sodbury School are secondary schools.

  • Katharine Lady Berkeley's School scores 67 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Chipping Sodbury School scores 50 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Katharine Lady Berkeley's School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Katharine Lady Berkeley's School was judged Good and Chipping Sodbury School was judged Good.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 53.1 for Katharine Lady Berkeley's School and 43.7 for Chipping Sodbury School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Katharine Lady Berkeley's School (57.7 in 2021-22, 53.1 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at Chipping Sodbury School (42.2 in 2021-22, 43.7 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Katharine Lady Berkeley's School versus Chipping Sodbury School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Wotton-under-EdgeKatharine Lady Berkeley's SchoolBristolChipping Sodbury SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC67/100Stronger figureD50/100
Local ranking12th of 40 in Gloucestershire 13th of 16 in South Gloucestershire
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,510 769
Capacity1,495 1,120
LocationWotton-under-Edge, GL12 8RB Bristol, BS37 6EW
GCSE results
Attainment 853.1 Stronger figure43.7 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths59.9% Stronger figure37.2% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths76.9% Stronger figure66.4% 64.8%
Entering EBacc39.7% Stronger figure25.7% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.71 Stronger figure3.88 4.09
Cohort242 113
A-level results
A-level entries121 29
A-level average points37.5 Stronger figure23.4 35.0
A-level average gradeB- D+
Best 3 A-levels points37.4 Stronger figure22.9 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects24.0% Stronger figure5.9% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,510 769
Free school meals (ever 6)12.1% 17.3%
English as an additional language1.9% 5.6%
SEN support12.8% 17.2%
SEN with an EHC plan2.8% 3.5%
Attendance
Overall absence7.4% Stronger figure9.3% 6.2%
Persistent absence18.3% Stronger figure24.1% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Katharine Lady Berkeley's School

Chipping Sodbury School

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