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The Charter School Bermondsey

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSouthwark, London · London SE16 4EETrust: The Charter Schools Educational TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
497of 600 places
Free school meals
54.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
59
Ofsted
School remains Good, 17 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

The Charter School Bermondsey has no sixth form. Of the 79 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 13% moved to a sixth form college, 42% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.

Drama is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 40.9 against 46.1 across England and 52.1 in Southwark, with 32% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

As an 11–16 school, The Charter School Bermondsey 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 Southwark and England.

This school
Southwark
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolSouthwarkEngland
Pupils in the cohort793,117607,348
Any sustained destination85%94%92%
Stayed in education80%92%86%
— school sixth form23%58%34%
— sixth form college13%10%13%
— further education college42%21%37%
— other education3%3%2%
Apprenticeship4%1%3%
Employment1%1%3%
No sustained destination9%4%6%
Destination unknown6%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolSouthwarkEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)40.952.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths32%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths53%73%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects76%67%41%
EBacc average point score3.804.824.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort64%45%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils38.844.934.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils44.858.050.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language24%33%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Mathematics59100%88%7%22%58%
Combined Science59100%65%8%9%54%
English Language59100%89%10%20%49%
English Literature59100%86%17%21%68%
Geography3458%41%12%25%38%
French3153%18%13%29%45%
History2339%41%17%26%61%
Drama1729%7%6%27%76%
Spanish1729%19%18%27%24%
Fine Art1525%9%13%28%67%
Citizenship Studies1525%3%20%19%67%
Religious Studies1017%31%10%32%30%
Urdu12%1%42%
Turkish12%0%71%
Polish12%1%84%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies35
Computer Appreciation / Introduction18

Other secondary schools in Southwark

Ark All Saints Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 568 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2

Ark Globe Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,272 pupils

87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.4

Ark Walworth Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 973 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3

Bacon's College

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,025 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

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.