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Chestnut Grove Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 57 57.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
57.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
64.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
29.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.42 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 55.1[6] 63.5%[6]
2023/24 57[4] 65.7%[4] +0.42[4]
2022/23 58.2[7] 69%[7] +0.56[7]
2021/22 58.2[8] 66%[8] +0.16[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
23.1% 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 C+[10] 18.9%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 14.4%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 21.1%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
82% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
9% 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 94%[15] 80%[15] 2%[15] 10%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 88%[16] 1%[16] 6%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 71%[17] 2%[17] 20%[17] 1%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 74%[18] 1%[18] 18%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
75% 2022/23[19]
Education
52% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
22% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 79%[20] 50%[20] 3%[20] 26%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 72%[21] 3%[21] 16%[21]
2019/20 77%[22] 61%[22] 3%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 72%[23] 2%[23] 10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
62% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
19% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
26% 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 86%[26] 36%[26]
2019/20 80%[25] 28%[25] 26%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 81%[27] 26%[27] 25%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 60%[28] 21%[28] 21%[28] 2%[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
12 Mar 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
7 May 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
29 Jan 2019[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
7.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
1583 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
298 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
206 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1456[31] 264[31] 206[31] 7.1[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2024 1409[31] 287[31] 206[31] 6.8[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1400[31] 316[31] 205[31] 6.8[31] 1.5[31]
Entry Sept 2022 1292[31] 278[31] 211[31] 6.1[31] 1.3[31]

Furthest distance offered (proximity)

By entry year
EntryFurthest distance
Entry Sept 2026 2416 m[32]
Entry Sept 2025 2365 m[32]
Entry Sept 2024 2465 m[32]
Entry Sept 2023 2452 m[32]

Furthest distance offered (Distance)

By entry year
EntryFurthest distance
Entry Sept 2025 1216 m[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1240[1]
Trust
WANDLE LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Wandsworth[1]
Website
https://www.chestnutgrove.org.uk/[1]
District
Wandsworth[34]
Postcode
SW12 8JZ[1]
URN
136883[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1321 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
22.6% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
14.3% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
5.7% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
28.8% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
50.6%[36]
Mixed
21.4%[36]
Asian
9.6%[36]
Black
10.9%[36]
Any other ethnic group
3.8%[36]
Unclassified
3.8%[36]

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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    Quotes (4)
    Furthest Distance Offered within each band (in metres1): Band 2 March By 31 August A 1383m 2416m (p. 6)
    Furthest Distance Offered within each band (in metres1): Band 3 March By 31 August A 1283m 2365m (p. 6)
    Furthest Distance Offered within each band (in metres1): Band 1 March By 31 August A 1464m 2465m (p. 6)
    Furthest Distance Offered within each band (in metres1): Band 1 March By 31 August A 1596 2452 (p. 6)
  33. wandsworth.gov.uk: wandsworth.gov.uk — How school places were offered for secondary schools 2025 (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (5)
    A 0 0 11 0 19 (1283m) (p. 1)
    B 0 0 16 0 13 (1085m) (p. 1)
    C 0 0 12 0 17 (1158m) (p. 1)
    D <5 <5 20 0 7 (614m) (p. 1)
    E <5 0 14 0 13 (1216m) (p. 1)
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