Cheam High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Feb 12 2015 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sutton
Unique reference
136785
Address
Chatsworth Road, Cheam, SM3 8PW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
2135 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.1%
Girls
47.9%
First language not English
20.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.4%
Persistent absence
20.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 60.3%
Mixed 9.1%
Other White 8.4%
Other Asian 5.5%
Pakistani 3.7%
Indian 3.3%
African 2.3%
Chinese 2%
Other 1.8%
Unclassified 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Other Black 0.7%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.51
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 69%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.1
Local authority average 59.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.68
Local authority average 5.42
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award23
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award55
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award36
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE26
BiologyGCSE118
Business Studies:SingleGCSE102
ChemistryGCSE118
ChineseGCSE7
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE49
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Cheam High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
329
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
366
2nd preference
305
3rd preference
348
From another Local Authority
380
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
256
2nd preference
47
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.3
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
339
177
162
Year 8
338
169
169
Year 9
321
172
149
Year 10
325
183
142
Year 11
319
162
157
Year 12
256
130
126
Year 13
237
119
118
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
94.4%
86.5%
Further education
25.0%
18.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
63.0%
70.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
5.0%
1.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
1.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
64.0%
83.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
43.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
38.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
3.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
SP
0.4%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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