Carshalton Boys Sports College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 46 46.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 46.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 49.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 12.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.14 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	Progress 8
2024/25	45[6]	43.6%[6]
2023/24	45[4]	39%[4]	-0.14[4]
2022/23	45.4[7]	42%[7]	0.00[7]
2021/22	47.8[8]	48%[8]	-0.06[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 26.8% 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	C+[10]	18.9%[10]
2022/23	C+[11]	12.1%[11]
2021/22	B[12]	9.7%[12]
2018/19	C+[13]	8.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 92% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 41% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 1% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 43% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 2% 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	93%[15]	41%[15]		44%[15]	4%[15]	4%[15]
2020/21	94%[16]	48%[16]	0%[16]	39%[16]	2%[16]	5%[16]
2019/20	96%[17]	46%[17]	2%[17]	44%[17]	3%[17]	1%[17]
2018/19	90%[18]	47%[18]	1%[18]	36%[18]	4%[18]	3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 94% 2022/23[19]
Education: 61% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 4% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 29% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	90%[20]	72%[20]	5%[20]	13%[20]
2020/21	82%[21]	54%[21]	8%[21]	19%[21]
2019/20	83%[22]	57%[22]	3%[22]	24%[22]
2018/19	88%[23]	50%[23]	10%[23]	28%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 80% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 15% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 16% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 2% 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	58%[26]	5%[26]
2019/20	66%[25]	21%[25]	16%[25]	2%[25]
2018/19	58%[27]	5%[27]	6%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	64%[28]	16%[28]	14%[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: 18 Oct 2022[29]
Type: S5 Inspection[29]
Report published: 4 Dec 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
Inspection	Type	Overall
25 Apr 2017[30]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30]	No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.5 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 667 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 190 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 265 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 0.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	708[31]	211[31]	263[31]	2.7[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2024	711[31]	217[31]	266[31]	2.7[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2023	735[31]	208[31]	269[31]	2.7[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2022	642[31]	197[31]	265[31]	2.4[31]	0.7[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry: 240 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–19[1]
Boys / girls: Boys[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1197[1]
Trust: CARSHALTON BOYS SPORTS COLLEGE[1]
Local authority: Sutton[1]
Website: http://www.carshaltonboys.org/[1]
District: Sutton [33]
Postcode: SM5 1RW[1]
URN: 136799[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1521 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language: 27% 2024/25[34]
SEN support: 13% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan: 2.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 31.4% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 60.7%[35]
Mixed: 13.7%[35]
Asian: 13.8%[35]
Black: 9.2%[35]
Any other ethnic group: 1.4%[35]
Unclassified: 1.2%[35]

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.

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