Chertsey High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 22 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Surrey
Unique reference
144741
Address
Chertsey Road, KT15 2EP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
898 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
16.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.3%
Persistent absence
18.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 63.5%
Other White 8.2%
Mixed 7.9%
Indian 5.6%
Other Asian 3.6%
African 2.8%
Other 1.8%
Chinese 1.7%
Pakistani 1.1%
Unclassified 1.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.9%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Caribbean 0.6%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Other Black 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 80%
Local authority average 44%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 46.2
Local authority average 50.7
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.32
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)13
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE29
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE15
BiologyGCSE41
Business Studies:SingleGCSE36
ChemistryGCSE41
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE26
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Chertsey High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
176
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
171
2nd preference
160
3rd preference
117
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
149
2nd preference
16
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes26.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
83
97
Year 8
179
95
84
Year 9
181
81
100
Year 10
177
97
80
Year 11
181
100
81
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
88.6%
85.5%
Further education
39.0%
25.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
21.0%
29.4%
35.2%
Sixth form college
24.0%
32.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
2.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
7.0%
2.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023