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Chertsey High School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 44.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
45% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.03 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 46.2[5] 44.8%[5]
2023/24 51[3] 57.3%[3] -0.03[3]
2022/23 53[6] 55%[6] +0.28[6]
2021/22 50.5[7] 51%[7] +0.03[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
21% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
24% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
39% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[8]
Employment
2% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[9] 27%[9] 11%[9] 46%[9] 2%[9] 4%[9]

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
22 Feb 2022[10]
Type
S5 Inspection[10]
Report published
28 Apr 2022[10]
Personal development
Outstanding[10]
Quality of education
Good[10]
Overall effectiveness
Good[10]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[10]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[10]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.2 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference)
567 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences
133 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered
177 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 562[11] 171[11] 176[11] 3.2[11] 1.0[11]
Entry Sept 2024 610[11] 185[11] 176[11] 3.5[11] 1.1[11]
Entry Sept 2023 684[11] 222[11] 174[11] 3.9[11] 1.3[11]
Entry Sept 2022 694[11] 250[11] 175[11] 4.0[11] 1.4[11]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Capacity
900[1]
Trust
BOURNE EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Surrey[1]
Website
www.chertseyhighschool.co.uk[1]
District
Runnymede[12]
Postcode
KT15 2EP[1]
URN
144741[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
898 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language
16.4% 2024/25[13]
SEN support
18.7% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan
4% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20.3% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
70.7%[14]
Mixed
7.7%[14]
Asian
15%[14]
Black
3.2%[14]
Any other ethnic group
2.4%[14]
Unclassified
1.1%[14]

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. 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.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.