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Caterham High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 44.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
42.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
13.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.31 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 44.3[6] 43.3%[6]
2023/24 39.7[4] 31.9%[4] -0.31[4]
2022/23 40.5[7] 36%[7] -0.18[7]
2021/22 43.4[8] 39%[8] -0.18[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
6.1% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D[10] 3.1%[10]
2022/23 D[11] 2.9%[11]
2021/22 D[12] 4.7%[12]
2018/19 D[13] 1.7%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
56% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
6% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
26% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[15] 57%[15] 6%[15] 22%[15] 0%[15] 5%[15]
2020/21 90%[16] 54%[16] 2%[16] 31%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 90%[17] 53%[17] 6%[17] 28%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 61%[18] 6%[18] 22%[18] 2%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
78% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
57% 2022/23[19]
Education
60% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
15% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 80%[20] 64%[20] 67%[20] 3%[20] 10%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 61%[21] 72%[21] 6%[21] 10%[21]
2019/20 87%[22] 58%[22] 81%[22] 0%[22] 6%[22]
2018/19 80%[23] 44%[23] 71%[23] 3%[23] 6%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
79% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
5% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
9% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 74%[26] 10%[26]
2019/20 79%[25] 9%[25] 9%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 71%[27] 10%[27] 9%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 76%[28] 3%[28] 3%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
29 Jun 2022[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published
5 Sep 2022[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
18 Sep 2018[30] S5 Inspection[30] Requires improvement[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
241 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
48 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
117 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 316[31] 38[31] 107[31] 3.0[31] 0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2024 282[31] 44[31] 196[31] 1.4[31] 0.2[31]
Entry Sept 2023 265[31] 49[31] 178[31] 1.5[31] 0.3[31]
Entry Sept 2022 231[31] 44[31] 175[31] 1.3[31] 0.3[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1182[1]
Local authority
Redbridge[1]
Website
http://www.ecaterham.net/[1]
District
Redbridge[32]
Postcode
IG5 0QW[1]
URN
102849[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
991 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
91.9% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
10.7% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
5.3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
40.3% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
24.8%[34]
Mixed
10.4%[34]
Asian
51.2%[34]
Black
11.3%[34]
Any other ethnic group
1.9%[34]
Unclassified
0.4%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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