Charters School, Ascot

In 2026, pupils at Charters School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 53.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 48.4 in Windsor and Maidenhead and 47 across England.

60% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Windsor and Maidenhead and 47% in England.

That is up from 51 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.25: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35.4, against 56 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 20.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 28 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 265 families put Charters School as their first choice and 512 named it as one of their preferences, for 262 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 43 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Charters School are Gordon's School (3.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 64.8); Collingwood College (4.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49.5); Ranelagh School (4.3 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 56.7); and The Brakenhale School (4.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.9).

Charters School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Of the 292 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 92% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 25% to a further education college and 2% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 179 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 72% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 17% into work. 33% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

9.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 11.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (66%), Asian (10%) and Mixed (9%).

In 2026, 209 pupils (12.2%) received SEN support and 42 (2.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Charters School has a resourced provision for physical disability.

The nearest railway station is Sunningdale Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Charters School (outside), 50 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Charters School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Charters School issued 285 suspensions, 16.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Charters School are St Michael's CofE Primary School, Sunninghill (0.7 miles); Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Sunningdale (0.8 miles); St Francis Catholic Primary School, South Ascot (1 mile); and South Ascot Village Primary School (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.