Carshalton High School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 24 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Sutton
Unique reference
136797
Address
West Street, SM5 2QX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1441 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
25.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.1%
Persistent absence
20.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 33.8%
Mixed 13.9%
Other Asian 11.7%
Indian 7.7%
Pakistani 7.6%
Other White 6.4%
Other 5.6%
African 4.7%
Chinese 2.4%
Caribbean 2.1%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other Black 0.8%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 86%
Local authority average 57%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 68%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.3
Local authority average 59.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.9
Local authority average 5.47
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE133
Business Studies:SingleGCSE43
ChemistryGCSE133
ChineseGCSE5
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE48
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE35
DanceGCSE22
English LanguageGCSE240
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Carshalton High School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
249
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
166
2nd preference
202
3rd preference
163
From another Local Authority
281
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
140
2nd preference
54
3rd preference
26
To another Local Authority
54
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
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
272
0
272
Year 8
267
0
267
Year 9
243
0
243
Year 10
248
0
248
Year 11
242
0
242
Year 12
80
0
80
Year 13
89
0
89
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
93.2%
85.5%
Further education
29.0%
19.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
59.0%
69.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
4.0%
3.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
SP
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
2.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
80.0%
84.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
15.0%
47.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022