Charterhouse[1]

Independent · ages 12–19

Headline results

A-level average grade: AL B+ B+ 2024/25[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 24.5 2025/26[3]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[3]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

IGCSEs don't count towards Attainment 8, so it understates many independent schools.

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths
2024/25	23.3[5]	0%[5]
2023/24	14[6]	0%[6]
2022/23	11[7]	0%[7]
2021/22	3.3[8]	0%[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: B+ 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 23.4% 2024/25[2]
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	A-[10]	28.9%[10]
2022/23	B+[11]	38%[11]
2021/22	A-[12]	41.3%[12]
2018/19	B[13]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 73% 2023/24[14]
UK higher education: 62.6% 2023/24[14]
Education: 66.3% 2023/24[14]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2023/24[14]
Employment: 6.7% 2023/24[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2022/23	68.2%[14]	56.1%[14]	60.3%[14]	0%[14]	7.9%[14]
2021/22	71.1%[14]	59.5%[14]	62.5%[14]	0.4%[14]	8.2%[14]

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.

For independent schools the DfE publishes destinations after 16–18 study only: no destinations after GCSEs and no university progression figures (top third, Russell Group, Oxbridge).

Ofsted

Inspected by: Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)[15]

ISI inspection

Inspection: September 2024[16]
Framework: Framework from September 2023[16]
Leadership and governance: Standards met[16]
Quality of education: Standards met[16]
Health and wellbeing: Standards met[16]
Social and economic education: Standards met[16]
Safeguarding: Standards met[16]

Leadership and governance

ISI recommended: The school should ensure new statutory guidance is followed up quickly with website updates.

Quality of education

ISI recommended: The school should plan all teaching to meet each student's needs so they make good progress in all subjects.

Previous ISI inspections: 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017 (2022 report, 2021 report, 2019 report, 2017 report).

ISI's page for this school

Findings of the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI), restated in our own words: not ISI's wording. Read the full report on ISI's website.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Fees

No fees published on the school's website that we could verify.

Type: Other independent school[1]
Ages: 12–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Admissions: Selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: Boarding school[1]
Capacity: 1055[1]
Local authority: Surrey[1]
Website: www.charterhouse.org.uk [1]
Nursery classes: No Nursery Classes[15]
Special classes: No Special Classes[15]
Section 41 (can be named in an EHC plan): Not approved[15]
District: Waverley [17]
Postcode: GU7 2DX[1]
URN: 125340[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 996 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 39.6% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 0% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 0% 2024/25[18]

Practicalities

Bursaries: Means-tested bursaries up to 100% of school fees depending on need, subject to funds; assessed case by case on household income, assets and circumstances; reviewed annually. Year 9 Entrance Bursaries offered annually (academically competitive). Sixth Form bursaries for children from the local area (boarding or day; A Level or IB). Possible family interview and home visit by Bursary Administration Ltd. A scholarship may be enhanced by a means-tested bursary. No income threshold published. 2026-04-22[19]

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: 16-18 destination measures: 16-19 study leavers institution level destinations. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments (independent schools' inspectorate and provision). Period 2026-10-17, published 2026-10-17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Independent Schools Inspectorate: School inspection report, Charterhouse, September 2024. Period 2026-10-17. Licence: all-rights-reserved (restated only, D71).
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
charterhouse.org.uk: charterhouse.org.uk — Assistance with fees. Period 2026-04-22. Archived copy; original. Licence: copyright-quoted.
Quotes (3)
All bursaries are means-tested and are subject to funds being available. Each award is reviewed annually for changes in parents' financial circumstances and may be adjusted as a result. (p. 1)
Bursary awards can cover up to 100% of school fees, depending on financial need. All bursaries are means-tested annually to ensure support continues to be fairly and appropriately allocated, given the limited availability of funds. (p. 1)
Year 9 Entrance Bursaries are offered annually. These are academically competitive and dependent on means testing and funds available. (p. 1)