Harris Academy Merton
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,371 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.7
Community special school
Melrose School
- Pupils on roll
- 166of 158 places
- Free school meals
- 56.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 30
- Ofsted
- Good, 2 July 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 15 pupils who finished Year 11 at Melrose School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 20% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
27% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 13% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Melrose School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 14.1, 10% with grade 5 or above in English and maths) are published by DfE for completeness and are not comparable with mainstream schools.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Merton and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Melrose School | Merton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 15 | 1,711 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 53% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 40% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 60% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 6% | 13% |
| — further education college | 20% | 23% | 37% |
| — other education | 20% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 13% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 27% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 20% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Melrose School | Merton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 14.1 | 52.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 10% | 56% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 10% | 74% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 58% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.16 | 4.84 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 57% | 34% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 10.3 | 45.3 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 19.2 | 55.9 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 31% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 34 | 100% | 88% | 9% | 22% | 32% |
| Combined Science | 27 | 90% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 26% |
| Art and Design | 13 | 43% | 7% | 15% | 24% | 46% |
| English Literature | 8 | 27% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 38% |
| Statistics | 4 | 13% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| English Language | 3 | 10% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| Sociology | 1 | 3% | 4% | — | 21% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 4 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Merton
Harris Academy Morden
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 873 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.6
Harris Academy Wimbledon
Free schools · sixth form · 1,073 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.3
Raynes Park High School
Community school · sixth form · 1,134 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.3
Ricards Lodge High School
Community school · sixth form · 1,534 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.2
Rutlish School
Voluntary controlled school · sixth form · 1,471 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 60.5
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.