Community special school

Sunnydown School

Boys · ages 11–16Surrey, South East · Caterham CR3 5EDSchool website
Pupils on roll
91of 81 places
Free school meals
29.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
21
Ofsted
Outstanding, 23 May 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 15 pupils who finished Year 11 at Sunnydown School in 2023, 7% moved to a sixth form college, 67% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Sunnydown School is a special school: its GCSE figures (Attainment 8 of 21.8, 14% 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 Surrey and England.

Sunnydown School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureSunnydown SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort1511,758607,348
Any sustained destination93%94%92%
Stayed in education93%89%86%
— school sixth form7%29%34%
— sixth form college7%32%13%
— further education college67%26%37%
— other education13%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%2%3%
Employment0%2%3%
No sustained destination7%4%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureSunnydown SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)21.850.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths14%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths29%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%44%41%
EBacc average point score1.744.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort48%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils12.232.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils30.554.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%12%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Combined Science2095%65%0%9%30%
English Language2095%89%0%20%45%
Mathematics2095%88%0%22%45%
English Literature1048%86%0%21%70%
Design and Technology943%11%0%23%33%
Physical Education733%11%0%24%0%
Art and Design733%7%0%24%43%
Fine Art210%9%28%
Computer Science15%13%30%

Other secondary schools in Surrey

Ash Manor School

Community school · 1,252 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Blenheim High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,370 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Broadwater School

Academy converter · 750 pupils

86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9

Carrington School

Academy converter · 1,012 pupils

90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

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.