Charters School
Charters Road, Sunningdale, Ascot, SL5 9QY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CHARTERS SCHOOL
- Co-Headteacher
- Mr John Fletcher
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- PD - Physical Disability
- Constituency
- Windsor
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,740
- Pupils on roll
- 1,707
- URN
- 138823
- Local authority
- Windsor and Maidenhead
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01344624826
About this school
Charters School is a secondary academy in Ascot. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,707 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 266 | 292 | 268 |
| Attainment 8 score | 57.0 | 54.5 | 51.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.38 +0.20 to +0.56 | +0.25 +0.08 to +0.42 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 67% | 64% | 57.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 86% | 77.4% | 76.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 46% | 41.1% | 41% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Charters School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Windsor and Maidenhead average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 54.5 | 39.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 51 | 35.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,727 |
| 2023/24 | 1,713 |
| 2024/25 | 1,715 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Charters School compares
Charters School ranked 3rd of 10 secondary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 79% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51 | 8.4% | 12.1% | 1,707 | — |
| Gordon's School | 63.6 | 4.7% | 3.4% | 988 | 3.4 miles |
| Collingwood College | 45.4 | 9.4% | 17.5% | 1,617 | 4.2 miles |
| Ranelagh School | 53.4 | 6% | 5.8% | 1,138 | 4.3 miles |
| The Brakenhale School | 44.2 | 10.1% | 22% | 1,001 | 4.4 miles |
| Garth Hill College | 44.2 | 9.2% | 20.9% | 1,452 | 4.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.09%
- English as an additional language
- 9%
- Overall absence
- 8.35%
- Persistent absence
- 26.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Gordon's School3.4 miles
Secondary · Woking
-
Collingwood College4.2 miles
Secondary · Camberley
-
Ranelagh School4.3 miles
Secondary · Bracknell
-
The Brakenhale School4.4 miles
Secondary · Bracknell
-
Garth Hill College4.5 miles
Secondary · Bracknell
Other schools in Ascot
- Ascot Heath Primary School Primary
- Cheapside CofE Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Sunningdale Primary
- South Ascot Village Primary School Primary
- St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot Primary
- St Michael's CofE Primary School, Sunninghill Primary
- Heathermount School Special schools
- Heathfield School Independent schools
- LVS Ascot Independent schools
- Papplewick School Independent schools
- St Mary's School Ascot Independent schools
- Sunningdale School Independent schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Charters School teach?
- Charters School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Ascot.
- Who is the co-headteacher of Charters School?
- The co-headteacher of Charters School is Mr John Fletcher, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Charters School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Charters School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Charters School?
- Charters School has 1,707 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Charters School full?
- Charters School has capacity for 1,740 pupils and 1,707 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Charters School a faith school?
- No. Charters School has no designated religious character.
- Is Charters School a selective school?
- No. Charters School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Charters School?
- Charters School is part of CHARTERS SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Charters School have?
- The schools register lists Charters School's special educational needs provision as: PD - Physical Disability. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Charters School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 57 in 2022/23 and 51 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Charters School rank locally?
- Charters School ranked 3rd of 10 secondary schools in Windsor and Maidenhead for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 79% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Charters School's absence rate?
- Charters School's overall absence rate is 8.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Charters School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Charters School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.