Nonsuch High School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 25 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sutton
Unique reference
136795
Address
Ewell Road, Cheam, Ewell Road, Cheam Surrey, SM3 8AB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1494 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
50.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.6%
Persistent absence
3.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.0%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 34.5%
Other Asian 24.5%
White British 8.7%
Chinese 8%
Mixed 6.9%
Pakistani 6%
Other White 5.2%
Bangladeshi 2%
African 2%
Other 1.2%
Unclassified 0.5%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 74%
Local authority average 57%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 99%
Local authority average 68%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 80.3
Local authority average 59.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 7.59
Local authority average 5.47
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE33
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
AstronomyGCSE25
BiologyGCSE231
ChemistryGCSE231
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE81
Design & TechnologyGCSE22
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Nonsuch High School for Girls

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
208
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
340
2nd preference
452
3rd preference
108
From another Local Authority
732
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
161
2nd preference
41
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
99
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.3
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
210
0
210
Year 8
210
0
210
Year 9
210
0
210
Year 10
203
0
203
Year 11
235
0
235
Year 12
211
0
211
Year 13
215
0
215
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
93.2%
85.5%
Further education
0.0%
19.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
94.0%
69.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
SP
3.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
SP
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
2.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
92.0%
84.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
70.0%
47.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022