Carshalton Boys Sports College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 18 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 19 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
136799
Address
Winchcombe Road, SM5 1RW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1521 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
95.8%
Girls
4.2%
First language not English
27%
Free school meals (FSM)
27.8%
Persistent absence
28.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 55%
Mixed 12.3%
Other White 8.2%
Other Asian 6.4%
African 4.7%
Caribbean 2.9%
Indian 2.5%
Pakistani 2.2%
Chinese 1.8%
Other 1.1%
Unclassified 1%
Other Black 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Irish 0.3%
Irish Traveller 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 69%
Local authority average 57%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 68%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45
Local authority average 59.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.13
Local authority average 5.47
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award29
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE37
BiologyGCSE63
ChemistryGCSE61
ChineseGCSE2
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE52
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE29
English LanguageGCSE230
English LiteratureGCSE229
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Carshalton Boys Sports College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
263
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
211
2nd preference
147
3rd preference
128
From another Local Authority
145
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
191
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
27
To another Local Authority
27
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 classes22.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
264
264
0
Year 8
264
264
0
Year 9
241
240
1
Year 10
237
237
0
Year 11
238
238
0
Year 12
152
116
36
Year 13
125
98
27
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
93.2%
85.5%
Further education
43.0%
19.5%
36.9%
School sixth form
41.0%
69.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
3.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.0%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
2.7%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
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
1.0%
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