Chessington School
Academy converter · 653 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.4
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St Philip's School
- Pupils on roll
- 187of 185 places
- Free school meals
- 44.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 26
- Ofsted
- Good, 17 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St Philip's School (URN 102622, until 1 April 2016).
What the data says
Of the 27 pupils who finished Year 11 at St Philip's School in 2023, 0% stayed on in St Philip's School’s own sixth form (Kingston upon Thames average 64%), 81% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 2.8 against 46.1 across England and 59.2 in Kingston upon Thames, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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.
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 Kingston upon Thames and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St Philip's School | Kingston upon Thames | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 27 | 1,893 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 96% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 95% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 64% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 11% | 13% |
| — further education college | 81% | 18% | 37% |
| — other education | 11% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 2% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | St Philip's School | Kingston upon Thames | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 2.8 | 59.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 69% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 83% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 66% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.12 | 5.52 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 39% | 16% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 2.5 | 42.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 3.0 | 62.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 15% | 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 | 9 | 35% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 0% |
| Art and Design | 6 | 23% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 33% |
| English Language | 5 | 19% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| Biology | 4 | 15% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
Other secondary schools in Kingston upon Thames
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Coombe Girls' School
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Richard Challoner School
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Southborough High School
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The Hollyfield School and Sixth Form Centre
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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.