Epsom and Ewell High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 29 2022 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
Surrey
Unique reference
137595
Address
Ruxley Lane, West Ewell, KT19 9JW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1046 (78% of total capacity)
Boys
53.2%
Girls
46.8%
First language not English
21.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.5%
Persistent absence
26.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 60.8%
Other White 11%
Mixed 8.4%
Other Asian 3.8%
Other 3%
African 2.9%
Unclassified 2.7%
Indian 2.1%
Pakistani 1.7%
Caribbean 1.1%
Bangladeshi 1%
Chinese 0.8%
Other Black 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.1
Local authority average 50.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.74
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award23
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE28
Business Studies:SingleGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE28
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
DanceGCSE7
English LanguageGCSE149
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Epsom and Ewell High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
236
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
188
2nd preference
177
3rd preference
158
From another Local Authority
277
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
188
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
70
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 classes21.5
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
197
98
99
Year 8
233
124
109
Year 9
183
96
87
Year 10
174
102
72
Year 11
157
87
70
Year 12
58
26
32
Year 13
44
23
21
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
88.6%
85.5%
Further education
46.0%
25.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
40.0%
29.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
4.0%
32.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
2.2%
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
63.0%
64.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
24.0%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022