Chesterton Community Sports College

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Staffordshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Staffordshire's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 200 families put this school as their first choice, and 180 places were offered. 177 of the families who put it first got a place (89%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 14 July 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Strong standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Needs attention

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Strong standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 21 September 2022. Overall: Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

915 (capacity 870)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

COLLECTIVE VISION TRUST

Phone

01782568350

Address

Castle Street, Chesterton, Newcastle, ST5 7LP

Website

ccsc.staffs.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports