Carshalton Boys Sports College
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,539 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0
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Carew Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 272of 276 places
- Free school meals
- 57.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 39
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 15 January 2020Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Carew Academy (URN 139722, until 21 April 2025).
What the data says
Of the 39 pupils who finished Year 11 at Carew Academy in 2023, 3% stayed on in Carew Academy’s own sixth form (Sutton average 68%), 41% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 2.5 against 46.1 across England and 59.3 in Sutton, 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 Sutton and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Carew Academy | Sutton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 39 | 3,278 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 96% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 94% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 3% | 68% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 41% | 20% | 37% |
| — other education | 46% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 1% | 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 | Carew Academy | Sutton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 2.5 | 59.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 68% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 82% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 57% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.11 | 5.47 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 51% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 3.1 | 41.8 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 1.9 | 63.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 8% | 29% | 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 | 17 | 44% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 12% |
| Art and Design | 6 | 15% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 100% |
| Photography | 3 | 8% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
| Biology | 1 | 3% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
Other secondary schools in Sutton
Carshalton High School for Girls
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93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.4
Cheam High School
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.7
Glenthorne High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,754 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 61.6
Greenshaw High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,977 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.7
Harris Academy Sutton
Free schools · sixth form · 1,294 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.2
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.