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Carrington School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSurrey, South East · Redhill RH1 4ADTrust: South East Surrey Schools Education TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,012of 1,088 places
Free school meals
29.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
179
Ofsted
Good, 17 May 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Warwick School (URN 125268, until 1 January 2017).

What the data says

Carrington School has no sixth form. Of the 197 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 61% moved to a sixth form college, 28% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 61% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 59% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.0 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 43% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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.

Carrington School
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureCarrington SchoolSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort19711,758607,348
Any sustained destination93%94%92%
Stayed in education90%89%86%
— school sixth form1%29%34%
— sixth form college61%32%13%
— further education college28%26%37%
— other education0%3%2%
Apprenticeship2%2%3%
Employment1%2%3%
No sustained destination5%4%6%
Destination unknown3%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureCarrington SchoolSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)45.050.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths43%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths61%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects54%44%41%
EBacc average point score3.964.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort26%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils28.732.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.654.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language12%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
Mathematics179100%88%17%22%72%
English Language17899%89%17%20%63%
Religious Studies17397%31%22%32%57%
English Literature17397%86%16%21%68%
Combined Science15184%65%14%9%56%
Spanish10659%19%17%27%43%
History8547%41%20%26%56%
Geography7642%41%20%25%46%
Business Studies5028%18%6%20%34%
Psychology2916%3%34%22%69%
Biology2514%23%40%45%76%
Chemistry2514%23%40%47%84%
Physics2514%23%36%46%80%
Fine Art1911%9%42%28%84%
Design and Technology148%11%21%23%86%
Textiles137%2%8%27%54%
Media Studies137%4%46%20%92%
Economics137%1%54%34%85%
Computer Science116%13%9%30%36%
Polish32%1%84%
Gujarati11%0%57%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies43
Dance: General19
Hospitality / Catering Studies18
Speech and Drama17
Engineering Studies14
Computer Appreciation / Introduction11
Music performance: Group6

Other secondary schools in Surrey

Ash Manor School

Community school · 1,252 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Blenheim High School

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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Broadwater School

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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9

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.